Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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.
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 Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool. 7 Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools. 8 Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 26:9
Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Psalm 50:16-21
God says this to the evildoer: "How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant?
Psalm 64:8
Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder,
Proverbs 17:7
Excessive speech is not becoming for a fool; how much less are lies for a ruler!
Matthew 7:4-5
Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own?
Luke 4:23
Jesus said to them, "No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, 'Physician, heal yourself!' and say, 'What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, do here in your hometown too.'"