Verse List for PROV 26:9

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OET (OET-RV) A drunkard getting thorns in his hand, ⇔ is like a fool trying to explain a proverb.

OET-LV A _thornbush it _goes _up in_the_hand _of a _drunkard and_a _proverb in_the_mouth _of fools.

ULT A thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, ⇔ and a proverb in the mouth of stupid ones.

UST A drunken person picks up a thorn and it will hurt someone, ⇔  in the same way a foolish person says a proverb that can only be harmful.

BSB & MSB [Like] a thorn [that] goes into the hand of a drunkard ⇔  is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, ⇔  so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

NET Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, ⇔ so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

LSV A thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard,
And an allegory in the mouth of fools.

FBV A proverb spoken by someone stupid is as ridiculous as a thorn bush waved around by a drunk.

T4T ⇔  If a drunk person waves some thorns/brambles with his hand, ⇔  he is not able to accomplish anything useful by doing that (OR, he does not feel it when a thorn sticks in his hand); ⇔ similarly, if foolish people speak [MTY] proverbs, ⇔  they do not help anyone who hears them.

LEB • Like a thorn that goes up in the hand of a drunkard,
• so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

BBE Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

Moff like thorny branches brandished by a drunkard ⇔  so are maxims on the lips of a fool.

JPS As a thorn that cometh into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

ASV As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, ⇔ So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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

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

Drby [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

RV As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the month of fools.
(As a thorn that goeth/goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the month of fools.)

SLT A thorn going up into the hand of a drunkard, a parable in the mouth of the foolish.

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

KJB-1769 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
(As a thorn goeth/goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.)

KJB-1611 As a thorne goeth vp into the hand of a drunkard; so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps As is a thorne in the hande of a drunkarde: so is a parable in a fooles mouth.
(As is a thorn in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in a fools mouth.)

Gnva As a thorne standing vp in the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.
(As a thorn standing up in the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.)

Cvdl A parable in a fooles mouth, is like a thorne yt pricketh a droncken man in ye hande.
(A parable in a fools mouth, is like a thorn it pricketh a drunken man in ye/you_all hand.)

Wycl As if a thorn growith in the hond of a drunkun man; so a parable in the mouth of foolis.
(As if a thorn growith in the hand of a drunkun man; so a parable in the mouth of fools.)

Luth Ein Spruch in eines Narren Mund ist wie ein Dornzweig, der in eines Trunkenen Hand sticht.
(A Spruch in one/a fool(n) mouth is as/like a Dornzweig, the/of_the in one/a drunk_(one) hand stings/pierces.)

ClVg Quomodo si spina nascatur in manu temulenti, sic parabola in ore stultorum.[fn]
(How/In_what_manner when/but_if thorn nascatur in/into/on by_hand temulenti, so parable in/into/on vocally of_fools.)

UHB ח֭וֹחַ עָלָ֣ה בְ⁠יַד־שִׁכּ֑וֹר וּ֝⁠מָשָׁ֗ל בְּ⁠פִ֣י כְסִילִֽים׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἄκανθαι φύονται ἐν χειρὶ μεθύσου, δουλεία δὲ ἐν χειρὶ τῶν ἀφρόνων.

BrTr Thorns [fn]grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.