Proverbs 26:9 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Like a thornbush brandished by the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

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As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Like a thorn that goes [without being felt] into the hand of a drunken man, so is a proverb in the mouth of a [self-confident] fool.

As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Like a thorny bush in the hand of a drunk, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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.

As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

“They struck me,” you will say, “but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink.”

Like an archer who wounds everybody is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.

It is like binding a stone in a sling to give honor to a fool.

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