Proverbs 26:1

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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Honor is no more associated with fools than snow with summer or rain with harvest.

Context of Proverbs 26:1

Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool. 2Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow, an undeserved curse does not come to rest. 3A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

Proverbs 26:1 word by word

כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג׀ בַּקַּ֗יִץ וְכַמָּטָ֥ר בַּקָּצִ֑יר כֵּ֤ן לֹא־נָאוֶ֖ה לִכְסִ֣יל כָּבֽוֹד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• As snowשֶׁ֫לֶגsheleg · snowH7950
• in summerקַ֫יִץqayits · summerH7019
• and as rainמָטַרmâţâr · rainH4306
• in harvestקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
• so honourכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• is not seemlyנָאוֶהnâ'veh · lovelyH5000
• for a foolכְּסִילkesîyl · foolH3684

Cross-references for Proverbs 26:1

• 1 Samuel 12:17Is it not wheat harvest now? I will call on the Lord to send thunder and rain. And you will realize what an evil thing you did in the eyes of the Lord when you asked for a king.”
• Judges 9:7When Jotham was told about this, he climbed up on the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, “Listen to me, citizens of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.
• Esther 3:1After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all the other nobles.
• Esther 4:6So Hathak went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king’s gate.
• Psalms 12:8who freely strut about when what is vile is honored by the human race.
• Psalms 15:4who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the Lord; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind;
• Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil I have seen under the sun, the sort of error that arises from a ruler:

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