Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like lame legs that hang limp.

New American Standard Bible

Like the legs which are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

King James Version

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

International Standard Version

Useless legs to the lame that's what a proverb quoted by a fool is.

A Conservative Version

The legs of a lame man hang loose. So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

American Standard Version

The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Amplified


Like the legs which are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of a fool [who cannot learn from its wisdom].

Bible in Basic English

The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

Darby Translation

The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Julia Smith Translation

The legs of the lame were weak, and a parable in the mouth of the foolish.

King James 2000

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[Like] legs that hang limp from a lame person, so [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Modern King James verseion

The legs of the lame are not equal; so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Like as in a lame man his legs are not equal, even so is a parable in the fool's mouth.

NET Bible

Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

New Heart English Bible

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The Emphasized Bible

Useless are the legs of the lame, and a proverb, in the mouth of a dullard.

Webster

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

World English Bible

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Youngs Literal Translation

Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The legs
שׁוק 
Showq 
Usage: 19

of the lame
פּסּח 
Picceach 
Usage: 14

are not equal
דּלל 
Dalal 
Usage: 9

so is a parable
משׁל 
Mashal 
Usage: 39

in the mouth
פּה 
Peh 
Usage: 497

References

American

Hastings

Context Readings

All About Fools

6 The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand
cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
7 A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like lame legs that hang limp.
8 Giving honor to a fool
is like binding a stone in a sling.



Cross References

Proverbs 26:9

A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like a stick with thorns,
brandished by the hand of a drunkard.

Psalm 50:16-21

But God says to the wicked:
“What right do you have to recite My statutes
and to take My covenant on your lips?

Psalm 64:8

They will be made to stumble;
their own tongues work against them.
All who see them will shake their heads.

Proverbs 17:7

Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;
how much worse are lies for a ruler.

Matthew 7:4-5

Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and look, there’s a log in your eye?

Luke 4:23

Then He said to them, “No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Doctor, heal yourself. So all we’ve heard that took place in Capernaum, do here in Your hometown also.’”

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