6He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.


In Context

3 A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.

4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him.

5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise.

6 He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.

7 As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.

8 As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Proverbs 26:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:6Like cutting off one's feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh damage.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:6One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:6He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:6He that sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet, and drinks damage.