Verse List for PROV 26:7

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OET (OET-RV) The legs of a lame person just dangle down, ⇔ like a proverb in the mouth of fools.

OET-LV They _hang _down legs from_a _lame_person and_a _proverb in_the_mouth _of fools.

ULT Legs dangle from a lame one, ⇔ and a proverb in the mouth of stupid ones.

UST As the legs of people who cannot walk are useless, ⇔  so are the sayings that foolish people say.

BSB & MSB Like lame legs hanging limp ⇔  is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, ⇔  so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

NET Like legs that hang limp from the lame, ⇔ so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

LSV The two legs of the lame have been weak,
And an allegory in the mouth of fools.

FBV A proverb spoken by someone stupid is as useless as a lame person's legs.

T4T ⇔  A lame man cannot use his legs, ⇔  and similarly [SIM] it is useless for a foolish person to speak [MTY] ◄proverbs/wise sayings►.

LEB • Like legs that hang limp from a lame person,
• so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

BBE The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

Moff Like the limbs of a lame man ⇔  so maxims limp on the lips of a fool;

JPS The legs hang limp from the lame; so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

ASV The legs of the lame hang loose; ⇔ So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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

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

Drby The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

RV The legs of the lame hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

SLT The legs of the lame were weak, and a parable in the mouth of the foolish.

Wbstr The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

KJB-1769 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.[fn]

KJB-1611 [fn]The legges of the lame are not equall: so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

Bshps Like as in a lame man his legges are not equall: euen so is a parable in a fooles mouth.
(Like as in a lame man his legs are not equal: even so is a parable in a fools mouth.)

Gnva As they that lift vp the legs of the lame, so is a parable in a fooles mouth.
(As they that lift up the legs of the lame, so is a parable in a fools mouth.)

Cvdl Like as it is an vnsemely thige to haue legges & yet to halte, eue so is a parable in ye fooles mouth.
(Like as it is an unsemely thing to have legs and yet to assert False, "We want to stop here", eve/even so is a parable in ye/you_all fools mouth.)

Wycl As an haltinge man hath faire leggis in veyn; so a parable is vnsemeli in the mouth of foolis.
(As an haltinge man hath/has fair legs in vain; so a parable is unsemeli in the mouth of fools.)

Luth Wie einem Krüppel das Tanzen, also stehet den Narren an, von Weisheit reden.
(How on cripple the dance(n)en, also stands the fool(n) to/along, from wise_(people) talk(v).)

ClVg Quomodo pulchras frustra habet claudus tibias, sic indecens est in ore stultorum parabola.
(How/In_what_manner beautifuls in_vain has lame tibias, so indecens it_is in/into/on vocally of_fools parable.)

UHB דַּלְי֣וּ שֹׁ֭קַיִם מִ⁠פִּסֵּ֑חַ וּ֝⁠מָשָׁ֗ל בְּ⁠פִ֣י כְסִילִֽים׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἄφελοῦ πορείαν σκελῶν, καὶ παρανομίαν ἐκ στόματος ἀφρόνων.

BrTr As well take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.