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


In Context

4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.

5 Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.

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

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.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:7As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.

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.