Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that setteth a fool in high dignity, that is even as if a man would bind a stone in a sling.
New American Standard Bible
So is he who gives honor to a fool.
King James Version
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
Holman Bible
is like binding a stone in a sling.
International Standard Version
Tying a stone to a sling that's what giving honor to a fool is.
A Conservative Version
As he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
American Standard Version
As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.
Amplified
Like one who [absurdly] binds a stone in a sling [making it impossible to throw],
So is he who [absurdly] gives honor to a fool.
Bible in Basic English
Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.
Darby Translation
As a bag of gems in a stoneheap, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
Julia Smith Translation
As a bundle of stones in a heap of stones, so he giving honor to the foolish one.
King James 2000
As he that binds a stone in a sling, so is he that gives honor to a fool.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like binding a stone in a sling, so [is] giving honor to a fool.
Modern King James verseion
As he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
NET Bible
Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.
New Heart English Bible
As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
The Emphasized Bible
Like tying a stone to a sling, so, is he that giveth honour, to a dullard.
Webster
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honor to a fool.
World English Bible
As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
Youngs Literal Translation
As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So is he who is giving honour to a fool.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Fools
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. 9 A parable in a fools mouth is like a thorn that pricketh a drunken man in the hand.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 26:1
Like as snow is not mete in summer, nor rain in harvest; even so is worship unseemly for a fool.
Proverbs 19:10
Delicate ease becometh not a fool; much more unseemly is it, a bond man to have the rule of princes.
Proverbs 30:22
through a servant that beareth rule, through a fool that hath great riches,