Proverbs 26:1

In 11 translations

BSB

Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.

KJV

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

WEB

Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

ASV

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.

LSV

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, || So honor [is] not fitting for a fool.

YLT

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour [is] not comely for a fool.

DBY

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a fool.

DRC

As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for a fool.

GNV

As the snowe in the sommer, and as the raine in the haruest are not meete, so is honour vnseemely for a foole.

JPS

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

LXXE

As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג ׀ בַּקַּ֗יִץ וְכַמָּטָ֥ר בַּקָּצִ֑יר כֵּ֤ן לֹא־נָאוֶ֖ה לִכְסִ֣יל כָּבֽוֹד׃

LXX-Br

Ὥσπερ δρόσος ἐν ἀμητῷ, καὶ ὥσπερ ὑετὸς ἐν θέρει, οὕτως οὐκ ἔστιν ἄφρουι τιμή.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 19:10Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
• Proverbs 28:16A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.
• Psalms 15:4who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
• 1 Samuel 12:17–18Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.” So Samuel called…
• Psalms 12:8The wicked wander freely, and vileness is exalted among men.
• Esther 4:6So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,
• Proverbs 26:8Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
• Esther 3:1–15After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him. All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to…
• Esther 4:9So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.
• Proverbs 17:7Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
• Psalms 52:1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.
• Judges 9:56–57In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers. And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of…
• Judges 9:7When this was reported to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and cried out: “Listen to me, O leaders of Shechem, and may God listen to you.
• Ecclesiastes 10:5–7There is an evil I have seen under the sun— an error that proceeds from the ruler: Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions. I have seen slaves on horseback, while princes go on foot…
• Judges 9:20But if not, may fire come from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo, and may fire come from the leaders of Shechem and Beth-millo and consume Abimelech.”
• Proverbs 26:3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

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