Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 is lame of his feet, yea drunken is he in vanity, that committeth any message to a fool. 7 Like as in a lame man his legs are not equal, even so is a parable in the fool's mouth. 8 He that setteth a fool in high dignity, that is even as if a man would bind a stone in a sling.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 26:9
A parable in a fools mouth is like a thorn that pricketh a drunken man in the hand.
Psalm 50:16-21
But unto the ungodly sayeth God, "Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth,
Psalm 64:8
Yea, their own tongues shall make them fall, insomuch that whoso seeth them, shall laugh them to scorn.
Proverbs 17:7
An eloquent speech becometh not a fool; much less a lying mouth, then, becometh a prince.
Matthew 7:4-5
Or why sayest thou to thy brother, 'Suffer me to pluck 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 may very well say unto me this proverb. 'Physician, heal thyself. Whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do the same here likewise in thine own country.'"