10 [a]The great God who formed everything
Gives the fool his hire and the transgressor his wages.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:10 Heb. difficult in v. 10; ancient and modern translators differ greatly

10 The one who hires a fool or who hires those passing by
is like an archer who wounds everyone indiscriminately.

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10 Like an archer who wounds at random
    is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.

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27 (A)Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

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27 The one who digs a pit will fall into it,
and whoever rolls a stone—
it will come back on him.(A)

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27 Whoever digs a pit(A) will fall into it;(B)
    if someone rolls a stone, it will roll back on them.(C)

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