Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So honor is not
King James Version
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
Holman Bible
honor is inappropriate for a fool.
International Standard Version
Like snowfall in summer or rain at harvest time, so honor is inappropriate for a fool.
A Conservative Version
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.
American Standard Version
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.
Amplified
So honor is not fitting for a [shortsighted]
Bible in Basic English
Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.
Darby Translation
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a fool.
Julia Smith Translation
As snow in summer and as rain in harvest., so honor not becoming to the foolish one.
King James 2000
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like snow in the summer and like rain at the harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
Modern King James verseion
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not becoming for a fool.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Like as snow is not mete in summer, nor rain in harvest; even so is worship unseemly for a fool.
NET Bible
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
New Heart English Bible
Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
The Emphasized Bible
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so, unbecoming to a dullard is honour.
Webster
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest; so honor is not seemly for a fool.
World English Bible
Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
Youngs Literal Translation
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour is not comely for a fool.
Themes
Agriculture » Operations in » Harvest
Fools » Honor is unbecoming for
Harvest » Illustrative » (rain in,) of honor given to fools
Honor » Who honor is not seemly for
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Fools
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So honor is not
Phrases
Cross References
Judges 9:7
Jotham heard about this. He stood on top of Mount Gerizim and shouted out to them: Men of Shechem, listen to me and God may listen to you!
Judges 9:20
But if not, may fire blaze out from Abimelech and burn up the men of Shechem and Bethmillo. May fire blaze out from the men of Shechem and Bethmillo and burn Abimelech up.'
Judges 9:56-57
Thus God paid Abimelech back for the crime that he committed against his father in killing his seventy brothers.
1 Samuel 12:17-18
It is the dry season and the wheat harvest. I will pray and Jehovah will send thunder and rain. When this happens, you will realize that you committed a great sin against Jehovah when you asked him for a king.
Esther 3:1-15
The king ordered that Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honor and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.
Esther 4:6
So Hathach went out and saw Mordecai in the open square of the town before the king's gate.
Esther 4:9
Hathach returned and gave Esther an account of what Mordecai said.
Psalm 12:8
The wicked walk about when immorality increases among the sons of men.
Psalm 15:4
The one who despises those rejected by God but honors those who reverence (respect) Jehovah. The one who makes a promise and does not break it even though he is hurt by it.
Psalm 52:1
([Psalm of David]) Why do you brag about the evil you have done, O mighty man? The loving kindness of God endures continually!
Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech does not fit a fool; much less do lying lips a prince.
Proverbs 19:10
Delight is not the custom of a fool much less for a servant to rule over princes.
Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the fool's back.
Proverbs 26:8
As he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
Proverbs 28:16
The ruler who lacks understanding is a great oppressor. He who hates covetousness will prolong his days.
Ecclesiastes 10:5-7
There is an evil that I have seen under the sun. It is like an error that proceeds from the ruler.