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


In Context

4 Don't answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.

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

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

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

8 As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

9 Like a thornbush that goes into 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 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 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.