9A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.


In Context

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

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

8 As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So is he who is giving honour to a fool.

9 A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

10 Great is the Former of all, And He is rewarding a fool, And is rewarding transgressors.

11 As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.

Proverbs 26:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:9[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:9Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:9As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:9As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:9As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:9As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the month of fools.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:9As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:9Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:9As a thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools.