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


In Context

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

8 Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

9 Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

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

11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

12 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:10A master roughly worketh every one: he both hireth the fool and hireth passers-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.