Proverbs 26:9

Proverbs chapter 26 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Asa thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

King James Version · 1611

As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

American Standard Version · 1901

Asa thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

v.8As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.

v.9This passage

v.10As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Proverbs 23:35
They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.