NET Bible
"Like a thorn has gone up into the hand of a drunkard, so a proverb has gone up into the mouth of a fool."
— Proverbs 26:9, NET Bible
“As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
“Asa thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools. ”
“Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
“As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
“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.”
“As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
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.
Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.