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


In Context

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.

9 As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 26:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:7The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:7Like a lame man's legs that hang limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:7The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:7The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:7The legs of the lame hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:7The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:7Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:7Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:7The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.