NET Bible
"Like legs dangle uselessly from the lame, so a proverb dangles in the mouth of fools."
— Proverbs 26:7, NET Bible
“The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
“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.”
“As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.”
“The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.”
“The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own opinion.
Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool.
Like legs dangle uselessly from the lame, so a proverb dangles in the mouth of fools.
Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.
Like a thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, so a proverb has gone up into the mouth of a fool.
Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passerby.