Verse List for PROV 26:8

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OET (OET-RV) Giving honour to a fool, ⇔ is like tying the stone into the sling.

OET-LV As_ties a _stone in_a _sling is_so one _who_gives to_a _fool honour.

ULT Like tying a stone in a sling, ⇔ so, is one who gives honor to a stupid one.

UST Honoring foolish people is just as useless ⇔  as a harmless weapon.

BSB & MSB Like binding a stone into a sling ⇔  is the giving of honor to a fool.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB As one who binds a stone in a sling, ⇔  so is he who gives honour to a fool.

NET Like tying a stone in a sling, ⇔ so is giving honor to a fool.

LSV As one who is binding a stone in a sling,
So [is] he who is giving honor to a fool.

FBV Honoring someone stupid is as pointless as tying a stone into a sling.[fn]

T4T ⇔  Tying a stone in a sling so that it cannot be thrown at a target ⇔  is as foolish as [SIM] honoring a foolish person.

LEB • Like binding a stone in a sling,
• so is giving honor to a fool.

BBE Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

Moff Honour conferred upon a foo ⇔  is like a bag of gems laid on a heap of stones.

JPS As a small stone in a heap of stones, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

ASV As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, ⇔ So is he that giveth honor to a fool.

DRA As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

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

Drby As a bag of gems in a stoneheap, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

RV As a bag of gems in a heap of stones, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
(As a bag of gems in a heap of stones, so is he that giveth/gives honour to a fool.)

SLT As a bundle of stones in a heap of stones, so he giving honor to the foolish one.

Wbstr As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honor to a fool.

KJB-1769 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.[fn]
(As he that bindeth/binds a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth/gives honour to a fool.)

KJB-1611 [fn]As hee that bindeth a stone in a sling; so is hee that giueth honour to a foole.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps He that setteth a foole in hye dignitie, that is euen as if a man would bynde a stone in a sling.
(He that setteth a fool in high dignity, that is even as if a man would bind a stone in a sling.)

Gnva As the closing vp of a precious stone in an heape of stones, so is he that giueth glory to a foole.
(As the closing up of a precious stone in an heap of stones, so is he that giveth/gives glory to a fool.)

Cvdl He yt setteth a foole in hye dignite, yt is eue as yf a man dyd cast a precious stone vpo ye galous.
(He it setteth a fool in high dignite, it is eve/even as if a man did cast a precious stone upon ye/you_all galous.)

Wycl As he that casteth a stoon in to an heep of mercurie; so he that yyueth onour to an vnwijs man.
(As he that casteth/casts/throws a stone in to an heap of mercurie; so he that giveth/gives honour to an unwise man.)

Luth Wer einem Narren Ehre anlegt, das ist, als wenn einer einen Edelstein auf den Rabenstein würfe.
(Who on fool(n) Honour(v) anlegt, the is, as when one/a a Edelstein on/in/to the ravensstein throws.)

ClVg Sicut qui mittit lapidem in acervum Mercurii, ita qui tribuit insipienti honorem.
(Like who/which sends a_stone in/into/on heap Mercurii, so/thus who/which gives insipienti honour.)

UHB כִּ⁠צְר֣וֹר אֶ֭בֶן בְּ⁠מַרְגֵּמָ֑ה כֵּן־נוֹתֵ֖ן לִ⁠כְסִ֣יל כָּבֽוֹד׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὃς ἀποδεσμεύει λίθον ἐν σφενδόνῃ, ὅμοιός ἐστι τῷ διδόντι ἄφρονι δόξαν.

BrTr He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.