New King James Version
Proverbs 26:7
7Like the legs of the lame that hang limp Is a proverb in the mouth 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 Living Translation (NLT)A proverb in the mouth of a fool is as useless as a paralyzed leg.
Context of Proverbs 26:7
5Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes. 6He who sends a message by the hand of a fool Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. Like the legs of the lame that hang limp Is a proverb in the mouth of fools. 8Like one who binds a stone in a sling Is he who gives honor to a fool. 9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard Is a proverb in the mouth 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 26:9Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard Is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
- Proverbs 17:7Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool, Much less lying lips to a prince.
- Psalms 50:16But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to declare My statutes, Or take My covenant in your mouth,
- Psalms 64:8So He will make them stumble over their own tongue; All who see them shall flee away.
- Matthew 7:4Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?
- Luke 4:23He said to them, “You will surely say this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in Your 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
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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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