Proverbs 26:7
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
KJV
Quomodo pulchras frustra habet claudus tibias, sic indecens est in ore stultorum parabola.
Vulgate
ἀφελοῦ πορείαν σκελῶν καὶ παρανομίαν ἐκ στόματος ἀφρόνων.
LXX
The legs of the lame hang loose; So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
ASV
דַּלְי֣וּ שֹׁ֭קַיִם מִ/פִּסֵּ֑חַ וּ֝/מָשָׁ֗ל בְּ/פִ֣י כְסִילִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
וֹ
v
noun · 39×
י
y
noun · 496×
יִדַּ֖ל
ydl
verb · 9×
כְּסִ֑יל
ksyl
noun · 69×
פִסֵּ֔חַ
psch
adjective · 13×
שׁ֣וֹק
shvq
noun · 19×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 27:1 — Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
- Prov 17:7 — Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
- Prov 26:9 — As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
- Ps 64:8 — So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away.