God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 26:1
1Like snow in summertime and rain at harvest time, so honor is not right for a fool.
Proverbs 26:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
- New International Version (NIV)Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
- New King James Version (NKJV)As snow in summer and rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool.
Context of Proverbs 26:1
Like snow in summertime and rain at harvest time, so honor is not right for a fool. 2Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so a hastily spoken curse does not come to rest. 3A whip is for the horse, a bridle is for the donkey, and a rod is for the backs of fools.
Read all of Proverbs 26Proverbs 26:1 word by word
כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג׀ בַּקַּ֗יִץ וְכַמָּטָ֥ר בַּקָּצִ֑יר כֵּ֤ן לֹא־נָאוֶ֖ה לִכְסִ֣יל כָּבֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 26:1
- 1 Samuel 12:17Isn’t the wheat being harvested today? I will call on the Lord, and he’ll send thunder and rain. Then you will realize what a wicked thing you did in the Lord’s presence when you asked for a king.”
- Judges 9:7When Jotham was told about this, he went to a high spot on Mount Gerizim. He shouted to them, “Listen to me, you citizens of Shechem, so that God might listen to you.
- Esther 3:1Later, King Xerxes promoted Haman. (Haman was the son of Hammedatha and was from Agag.) He gave Haman a position higher in authority than all the other officials who were with him.
- Esther 4:6So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate.
- Psalms 12:8Wicked people parade around when immorality increases among Adam’s descendants.
- Psalms 15:4The one who despises those rejected by God but honors those who fear the Lord. The one who makes a promise and does not break it, even though he is hurt by it.
- Ecclesiastes 10:5There is a tragedy that I’ve seen under the sun, an error often made by rulers.
Commentaries on Proverbs 26:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1As snow in summer - None of these is suitable to the time; and at this unsuitable time, both are unwelcome: so a fool to be in honor is unbecoming.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1In Palestine there is commonly hardly any rain from the early showers of spring to October. Hence, “rain in harvest” became sometimes (see the marginal reference) a supernatural sign, sometimes, as here, a proverb for whatever was strange and incongruous.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Verse 1 Honour is out of season to those unworthy and unfit for it.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1It is not right to honor fools.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-28Pr 26:1-28. 1. The incongruities of nature illustrate also those of the moral world. The fool's unworthiness is also implied (Pr 17:7; 19:10).Read the comment
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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
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