10A master roughly worketh every one: he both hireth the fool and hireth passers-by.


In Context

7 The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

8 As a bag of gems in a stoneheap, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

10 A master roughly worketh every one: he both hireth the fool and hireth passers-by.

11 As a dog turneth back to its vomit, so a fool repeateth his folly.

12 Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 26:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:10The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:10Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or any passer-by.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:10Judgment determineth causes: and he that putteth a fool to silence, appeaseth anger.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:10As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:10As an archer that woundeth all, so is he that hireth the fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:10The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:10As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:10Great is the Former of all, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:10The great God that formed all things both rewards the fool, and rewards transgressors.