Proverbs 26:6

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.damage: or, violence

WEB

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

ASV

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

LSV

He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, || Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.

YLT

He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.

DBY

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh damage.

DRC

He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.

GNV

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a foole, is as he that cutteth off the feete, and drinketh iniquitie.

JPS

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

LXXE

He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.

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Original-language editions

WLC

מְקַצֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַיִם חָמָ֣ס שֹׁתֶ֑ה שֹׁלֵ֖חַ דְּבָרִ֣ים בְּיַד־כְּסִֽיל׃

LXX-Br

Ἐκ τῶν ὁδῶν ἑαυτοῦ ὄνειδος ποιεῖται ὁ ἀποστείλας διʼ ἀγγέλου ἄφρονος λόγον.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 13:17A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
• Proverbs 25:13Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.
• Proverbs 10:26Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
• Numbers 13:31But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”

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