God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 26:7
7⌞Like⌟ a lame person’s limp legs, so is a proverb in the mouths of fools.
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 with his own stupidity, or he will think he is wise. 6Whoever uses a fool to send a message cuts off his own feet and brings violence upon himself. ⌞Like⌟ a lame person’s limp legs, so is a proverb in the mouths of fools. 8Like tying a stone to a sling, so is giving honor to a fool. 9⌞Like⌟ a thorn stuck in a drunk’s hand, so is a proverb in the mouths of fools.
Read all of Proverbs 26Proverbs 26:7 word by word
דַּלְי֣וּ שֹׁ֭קַיִם מִפִּסֵּ֑חַ וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל בְּפִ֣י כְסִילִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 26:7
- Proverbs 26:9⌞Like⌟ a thorn stuck in a drunk’s hand, so is a proverb in the mouths of fools.
- Proverbs 17:7Refined speech is not fitting for a godless fool. How much less does lying fit a noble person!
- Psalms 50:16But God says to wicked people, “How dare you quote my decrees and mouth my promises!
- Psalms 64:8They will trip over their own tongues. Everyone who sees them will shake his head.
- Matthew 7:4How can you say to another believer, ‘Let me take the piece of sawdust out of your eye,’ when you have a beam in your own eye?
- Luke 4:23So he said to them, “You’ll probably quote this proverb to me, ‘Doctor, cure yourself!’ and then say to me, ‘Do all the things in your hometown that we’ve heard you’ve done in Capernaum.’ ”
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
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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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