Proverbs 26:7

In 11 translations

BSB

Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

KJV

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.are…: Heb. are lifted up

WEB

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

ASV

The legs of the lame hang loose; So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

LSV

The two legs of the lame have been weak, || And an allegory in the mouth of fools.

YLT

Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

DBY

The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

DRC

As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.

GNV

As they that lift vp the legs of the lame, so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

JPS

The legs hang limp from the lame; so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

LXXE

As well take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

דַּלְי֣וּ שֹׁ֭קַיִם מִפִּסֵּ֑חַ וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל בְּפִ֣י כְסִילִֽים׃

LXX-Br

Ἄφελοῦ πορείαν σκελῶν, καὶ παρανομίαν ἐκ στόματος ἀφρόνων.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 26:9Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
• Proverbs 17:7Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
• Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, their own tongues turned against them. All who see will shake their heads.
• Psalms 50:16–21To the wicked, however, God says, “What right have you to recite My statutes and to bear My covenant on your lips? For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you. When you see a thief, you befriend him, and…
• Matthew 7:4–5How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the…
• Luke 4:23Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”

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