Proverbs 26:6 - Tree of Life Version

⁶ Like cutting off one’s feet or drinking violence is sending a message by a fool’s hand.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet [of satisfactory delivery] and drinks the damage. [Prov. 13:17.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.

Common English Bible

⁶ Sending messages with a fool is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking down violence.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Whoever sends words by a foolish messenger has lame feet and drinks iniquity.

Proverbs 26:6 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 10:26

Like vinegar to the teeth or smoke to the eyes, so is a slacker to those who send him.

Proverbs 13:17

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

Proverbs 25:13

Like the coolness of snow at harvest time is a faithful messenger to those who send him for he refreshes his master’s soul.

Proverbs 26:5

Answer a fool according to his folly, else he will be wise in his own eyes.

Proverbs 26:7

Like a lame man’s legs that hang limp, so is a proverb in a fool’s mouth.

Numbers 13:31

But the men who had gone up with him said, “We cannot attack these people, because they are stronger than we.”