Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
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.
Holman Bible
is like lame legs that hang limp.
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
Dalal
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Fools
6
He that gives responsibility to one who is not able to carry it out is like him that sends a message by the hand of a fool, and he shall drink the damage.
7
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 26:9
As thorns sunk into the hand of one who is drunk, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Psalm 50:16-21
But unto the wicked God saith, What part hast thou to declare my statutes or that thou should take my covenant in thy mouth?
Psalm 64:8
So they shall make their own council and agreements to fall upon themselves; all that see them shall flee away.
Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech is not suitable for a fool: much less lying lips for a prince!
Matthew 7:4-5
Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
Luke 4:23
And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself; whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.