Proverbs 26:8 - Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Just like one who casts a stone into the pile of Mercury, so also is he who gives honor to the foolish.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ Like he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a [self-confident] fool.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.

Common English Bible

⁸ Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving respect to a fool.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Proverbs 26:8 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

Proverbs 19:10

Fine things are not fitting for the foolish, nor is it fitting for a servant to rule over princes.

Proverbs 26:1

In the manner of snow in the summer, and rain at the harvest, so also is glory unfit for the foolish.

Proverbs 26:7

In the manner of a lame man who has beautiful legs to no purpose, so also is a parable unfit for the mouth of the foolish.

Proverbs 26:9

In the manner of a thorn, if it were to spring up from the hand of a drunkard, so also is a parable in the mouth of the foolish.

Proverbs 30:22

by a slave when he reigns, by the foolish when he has been filled with food,