Proverbs 26:6

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

Bible in Basic English ☆

He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.

Darby Translation ☆

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh damage.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a foole, is as he that cutteth off the feete, and drinketh iniquitie.

Noyes Bible ☆

He cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage, Who sendeth a message by the hand of a fool.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

He choppeth off the feet, and drinketh vexation, that sendeth important messages by the hand of a fool.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh damage.

King James Version ☆

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

Webster Bible ☆

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

Revised Version ☆

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

He that sends a message by a foolish messenger Procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.

World English Bible ☆

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

World English Bible Classic ☆

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

World English Bible Updated ☆

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

World Messianic Bible ☆

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

He that sendeth a message by the yad of a kesil (fool) cutteth off the raglayim, and drinketh chamas.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

يَقْطَعُ ٱلرِّجْلَيْنِ، يَشْرَبُ ظُلْمًا، مَنْ يُرْسِلُ كَلَامًا عَنْ يَدِ جَاهِلٍ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

မိုက်သော သူတွင် မှာ လိုက်သောသူသည် ကိုယ်ခြေကို ဖြတ်၍ အကျိုးနည်းရှိ၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မိုက် သော သူတွင် မှာ လိုက်သောသူသည် ကိုယ်ခြေ ကို ဖြတ် ၍ အကျိုးနည်းရှိ ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kamthu khaeah pat ih lok loe a khok to takroek pat moe, amrohaih tui naek baktiah ni oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Hlang ang kut ah ol aka pat tah a kho a kuet tih kuthlahnah aka mam la om.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Hlang ang kut ah ol aka pat tah a kho a kuet tih kuthlahnah aka mam la om.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

借愚昧人手寄信的， 是砍断 自己的脚，自受 损害。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

藉愚昧人手寄信的， 是砍斷 自己的腳，自受 損害。

World Chinese Bible ☆

借愚昧人的手传信息的， 就是自断双脚，又吞饮暴害。

Croatian Bible ☆

Odsijeca noge sebi i gorčinu pije tko po bezumnom poruke šalje.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Jako by nohy osekal, bezpráví se dopouští ten, kdož svěřuje poselství bláznu.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Den afhugger Fødderne og inddrikker* Vold, som sender Bud ved en Tåbe. { [*må finde sig i.] }

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Hij snijdt zich de voeten af, en drinkt geweld, die boodschappen zendt door de hand van een zot.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Men snijdt zich de voeten af en mishandelt zichzelf, Wie een dwaas een boodschap laat doen.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kiu komisias aferon al malsaĝulo, Tiu tranĉas al si la piedojn kaj sin suferigas.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Celui qui envoie des messages par la main d’un sot, se coupe les pieds [et] boit l’injustice .

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Celui qui envoie des messages par un fou, se coupe les pieds, et boit la peine du tort qu'il se fait.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Il se coupe les pieds, il boit l’injustice, Celui qui donne des messages à un insensé.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Celui qui confie un message à un insensé se coupe les pieds et s'abreuve de violence.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Die Füße haut sich ab, Unbill trinkt, wer Bestellungen ausrichten läßt durch einen Toren.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Wer eine Sache durch einen törichten Boten ausrichtet, der ist wie ein Lahmer an den Füßen und nimmt Schaden.

German Textbibel ☆

Die Füße haut sich ab, Unbill schluckt, wer Bestellungen ausrichtet durch einen Thoren.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Es haut sich die Füße ab und muß Ärger schlucken, wer seine Sachen durch einen Narren besorgen läßt.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἐκ τῶν ὁδῶν ἑαυτοῦ ὄνειδος ποιεῖται ὁ ἀποστείλας δι᾿ ἀγγέλου ἄφρονος λόγον.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἐκ τῶν ὁδῶν ἑαυτοῦ ὄνειδος ποιεῖται ὁ ἀποστείλας διʼ ἀγγέλου ἄφρονος λόγον.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Yon moun ki voye yon moun sòt fè komisyon, se tankou si li te koupe janm li. Se traka l'ap chache bay tèt li.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

O ka mea oki ne i na wawae a loaa ia ia ka poino, Oia ka i kauoha aku i na manao ma ka lima o ka mea lapuwale.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

מְקַצֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַיִם חָמָ֣ס שֹׁתֶ֑ה שֹׁלֵ֖חַ דְּבָרִ֣ים בְּיַד־כְּסִֽיל׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

מקצה רגלים חמס שתה שלח דברים ביד כסיל׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Chi si taglia i piedi ne beve l'ingiuria; Così avviene a chi manda a far de' messi per uno stolto.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Chi affida messaggi a uno stolto si taglia i piedi e s’abbevera di pene.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

愚かな者の手に託して知らせを送る者は、 自分の足を切り落とし、暴力を飲む。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

미련한 자 편에 기별하는 것은 자기의 발을 베어 버림이라 해를 받느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Kom fin supu sie mwet lalfon in tafwela kas lom, ac oana ke kom pakela niom; kom pwentuki ongoiya nu sum.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Claudus pedibus, et iniquitatem bibens, qui mittit verba per nuntium stultum.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

هر‌که پیغامی به‌دست احمق بفرستد، پایهای خود را می‌برد و ضرر خود را می‌نوشد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Aquele que envia uma mensagem pelas mãos de um tolo está cortando os próprios pés e bebendo a violência.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Quem manda mensagens pelas mãos do tolo é como quem corta os pés e bebe violência.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Cel ce trimite un mesaj prin mâna unui prost, retează picioarele și bea pagubă.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Чел че тримите о солие принтр-ун небун ышь тае сингур пичоареле ши бя недрептатя.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Подрезывает себе ноги, терпит неприятность тот, кто дает словесное поручение глупцу.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ko šalje bezumnika da mu šta svrši, on odseca sebi noge i pije nepravdu.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ко шаље безумника да му шта сврши, он одсеца себи ноге и пије неправду.

Mashi Bible ☆

Kubula-bulà na kucîtwa amaboko, okurhuma omuganda w’ecingolo-ngolo.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Como el que se corta los pies y bebe su daño, así es el que envía algo por mano de un necio.

Spanish BLL ☆

Mandar un mensaje con un necio es como cortarse los pies o buscarse problemas.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Como el que se corta los pies y bebe su propio daño, así es el que envía recado por mano de un necio.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

El que envía la noticia por mano de un necio, le corta los pies y bebe su daño.

CC BY 4.0

Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El que envía mensaje por medio de un necio Corta sus pies y bebe violencia.

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Revised West Version ☆

Ko ia ʻoku ne ʻave ha fekau ʻi he nima ʻo ha taha ʻoku vale ʻoku ne tuʻusi ʻae vaʻe, mo inu ʻi he fakamamahi.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Той ноги сам собі підрізує на свою муку, хто розпорядок свій дає через дурного.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Той ноги сам собі підрізує на свою муку, хто розпорядок свій дає через дурного.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Kẻ nào cậy kẻ ngu muội đem báo tin, Chặt chân mình, và uống lấy sự tổn hại.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

מְקַצֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַיִם חָמָ֣ס שֹׁתֶ֑ה שֹׁלֵ֖חַ דְּבָרִ֣ים בְּיַד־כְּסִֽיל׃