Similitudes and Instructions
Proverbs 26:9
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
- KJV
- As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- WEB
- Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- ASV
- As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- LSV
- A thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, || And an allegory in the mouth of fools.
- YLT
- A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
- DBY
- [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
- DRC
- As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- GNV
- As a thorne standing vp in the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.
- JPS
- As a thorn that cometh into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- LXXE
- Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.Compare Heb.
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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
- ח֭וֹחַ עָלָ֣ה בְיַד־שִׁכּ֑וֹר וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל בְּפִ֣י כְסִילִֽים׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἄκανθαι φύονται ἐν χειρὶ μεθύσου, δουλεία δὲ ἐν χειρὶ τῶν ἀφρόνων.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 23:35“They struck me, but I feel no pain! They beat me, but I did not know it! When can I wake up to search for another drink?”
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).