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Proverbs 26:8-10
Contemporary English Version

8 Are you going to honor a fool?
Why not shoot a slingshot
    with the rock tied tight?
9 A thornbush waved around
    in the hand of a drunkard
is no worse than a proverb
    in the mouth of a fool.

10 It's no smarter to shoot arrows
    at every passerby
than it is to hire a bunch
    of worthless nobodies.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 26.10 nobodies: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 10.
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Proverbs 26:8-10
New International Version

8 Like tying a stone in a sling
    is the giving of honor to a fool.(A)
9 Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand
    is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.(B)
10 Like an archer who wounds at random
    is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.

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