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26 Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest,
So honor is not fitting for a [shortsighted] [a]fool.(A)

Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying,
So the curse without cause does not come and alight [on the undeserving].(B)

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
And a rod for the backs of fools [who refuse to learn].

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:1 See note 1:7.

26 Like snow in summer or rain(A) in harvest,
    honor is not fitting for a fool.(B)
Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,
    an undeserved curse does not come to rest.(C)
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,(D)
    and a rod for the backs of fools!(E)

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