Proverbs 26:7
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English Standard Version
Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

New American Standard Bible
Like the legs which are useless to the lame, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like lame legs that hang limp.

International Standard Version
Useless legs to the lame— that's what a proverb quoted by a fool is.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
If you make a cripple walk, you may take the word of a fool.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[Like] a lame person's limp legs, so is a proverb in the mouths of fools.

King James 2000 Bible
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

American King James Version
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

American Standard Version
The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.

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

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

Webster's Bible Translation
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

World English Bible
Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Young's Literal Translation
Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
Lexicon
The legs
showq  (shoke)
the (lower) leg (as a runner) -- hip, leg, shoulder, thigh.
of the lame
picceach  (pis-say'-akh)
lame -- lame.
are not equal
dalal  (daw-lal')
to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed -- bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin.
so is a parable
mashal  (maw-shawl')
a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse) -- byword, like, parable, proverb.
in the mouth
peh  (peh)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
of fools
kciyl  (kes-eel')
fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly -- fool(-ish).
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