Bible in Basic English
"The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish."
— Proverbs 26:7, Bible in Basic English
“The legs of the lame hang loose; So is a parable in the mouth of fools. ”
“Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
“Like legs dangle uselessly from the lame, so a proverb dangles in the mouth of fools.”
“As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.”
“The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.
Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.
The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.
Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.
Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.
Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.