Proverbs 26:7

Proverbs 26:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
• New International Version (NIV)Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Like the legs of the lame that hang limp Is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Context of Proverbs 26:7

5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. 6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh damage. The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools. 8As a bag of gems in a stoneheap, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. 9[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 26:7 word by word

דַּלְי֣וּ שֹׁ֭קַיִם מִפִּסֵּ֑חַ וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל בְּפִ֣י כְסִילִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• legsשׁוֹקshôq · legH7785
• lameפִּסֵּחַpissêach · lameH6455
• hangדָּלַלdâlal · to languishH1809
• proverbמָשָׁלmâshâl · proverbH4912
• mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• foolsכְּסִילkesîyl · foolH3684

Cross-references for Proverbs 26:7

• Proverbs 26:9[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
• Proverbs 17:7Excellent speech becometh not a vile [man]; how much less do lying lips a noble!
• Psalms 50:16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant into thy mouth,
• Psalms 64:8By their own tongue they are made to fall over one another: all that see them shall flee away.
• Matthew 7:4Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Allow [me], I will cast out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine eye?
• Luke 4:23And he said to them, Ye will surely say to me this parable, Physician, heal thyself; whatsoever we have heard has taken place in Capernaum do here also in thine own country.

Commentaries on Proverbs 26:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Or, Take away the legs of the lame man, and the parable that is in the mouth of fools: both are alike useless to their possessors. Other meanings are: (1) “The legs of the lame man are feeble, so is parable in the mouth of fools.” (2) “the lifting up of the legs of a lame man, i. e., his attempts at dancing, are as the parable in the mouth of fools.”Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-9Verses 6-9 Fools are not fit to be trusted, nor to have any honour. Wise sayings, as a foolish man delivers and applies them, lose their usefulness.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7A fool might know a proverb but not use it correctly. Compare with Proverbs 26:9.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. legs ... equal--or, "take away the legs," or "the legs ... are weak." In any case the idea is that they are the occasion of an awkwardness, such as the fool shows in using a parable or proverb (see Introduction; Pr 17:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 26:7

• Fool
• Speaking

In the dictionaries

• Causeless
• Conceit
• Kindle
• Render
• Seemly
• Sport
• Talebearer
• Hezekiah (2)
• Lame
• Leg

Commentaries on Proverbs 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings