Proverbs 26:1
What does Proverbs 26:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 26:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.
KJV
King James Version · 1611As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour <FI>is<Fi> not comely for a fool.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for a fool.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a fool.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 3:1
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
- Proverbs 19:10
Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
- Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.
- Judges 9:7
And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
- Proverbs 26:8
As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.
- Psalms 15:4
In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honoreth them that fear Jehovah; He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not;
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