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Proverbs 26:10

World English Bible

As an archer who wounds all,
so is he who hires a fool
or he who hires those who pass by.

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Proverbs 26:10 in other translations

As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

Proverbs 26:10 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 26:10 in context

  1. 8As one who binds a stone in a sling,
    so is he who gives honor to a fool.
  2. 9Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard,
    so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
  3. 10As an archer who wounds all,
    so is he who hires a fool
    or he who hires those who pass by.
  4. 11As a dog that returns to his vomit,
    so is a fool who repeats his folly.
  5. 12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes?
    There is more hope for a fool than for him.