They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads.
Proverbs 26:7 - English Standard Version 2016 Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 The legs of the lame are not equal: So is a parable in the mouth of fools. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Like the legs of a lame man which hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of a fool. American Standard Version (1901) The legs of the lame hang loose; So is a parable in the mouth of fools. Common English Bible As legs dangle from a disabled person, so does a proverb in the mouth of fools. Catholic Public Domain Version 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools. |
They are brought to ruin, with their own tongues turned against them; all who see them will wag their heads.
Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
And he said to them, “Doubtless you will quote to me this proverb, ‘“Physician, heal yourself.” What we have heard you did at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’”