Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable 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.
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.
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 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence. 7 Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. 8 As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 26:9
Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Psalm 50:16-21
But to the wicked God says, "What right do you have to declare my statutes, that you have taken my covenant on your lips,
Psalm 64:8
Their own tongues shall ruin them. All who see them will shake their heads.
Proverbs 17:7
Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.
Matthew 7:4-5
Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
Luke 4:23
He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"