Proverbs 26:6
World English Bible (WEB)
One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
In context
4 Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
7 Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8 As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
Proverbs 26:6 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
- KJV King James Version
- He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
- ASV American Standard Version
- He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh damage.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.