Proverbs 26:7

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

The legs of the lame hang loose; So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

The legs of the lame hang loose; So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

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.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

As well take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.

Darby Translation ☆

The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

As they that lift vp the legs of the lame, so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

Noyes Bible ☆

The legs of a lame man hang loose; So is it with a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

Too feebly hang down the thighs on a lame man: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

The legs hang limp from the lame; so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

King James Version ☆

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

The legs of the lame are not equal: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

As well take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

As well take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Webster Bible ☆

The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Revised Version ☆

The legs of the lame hang loose: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

As well take away the motion of the legs, As transgression from the mouth of fools.

World English Bible ☆

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

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

The legs of the pisei'ach (lame man) hang limp; so is a mashal in the peh (mouth) of kesilim.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

سَاقَا ٱلْأَعْرَجِ مُتَدَلْدِلَتَانِ، وَكَذَا ٱلْمَثَلُ فِي فَمِ ٱلْجُهَّالِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

သုတ္တံစကားကို မိုက်သောသူ ပြောခြင်းသည် ခြေဆွံ့သောသူ၏ ခြေကြွခြင်း ကဲ့သို့ဖြစ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

သုတ္တံ စကားကို မိုက် သောသူ ပြော ခြင်းသည် ခြေဆွံ့ သောသူ၏ ခြေ ကြွ ခြင်း ကဲ့သို့ဖြစ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Kamthu pakha pong ih palunghahaih lok loe, adue ai khokkhaem kami ih khok baktiah oh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Aka khaem kah a kho sut a bat banghui la, hlang ang rhoek ka kah thuidoeknah he khaw om.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Aka khaem kah a kho sut a bat banghui la, hlang ang rhoek ka kah thuidoeknah he khaw om.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

瘸子的脚空存无用； 箴言在愚昧人的口中也是如此。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

瘸子的腳空存無用； 箴言在愚昧人的口中也是如此。

World Chinese Bible ☆

瘸子的双腿垂下无力， 箴言在愚昧人口中也是如此。

Croatian Bible ☆

Klecava bedra u hromoga - mudra je izreka u ustima bezumničkim.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Jakož nejednostejní jsou hnátové kulhavého, tak řeč v ústech bláznů.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Slappe som den lammes Ben er Ordsprog i Tåbers Mund.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Hef de benen van den kreupele op; alzo is een spreuk in den mond der zotten.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Voor een lamme hebben zijn benen geen nut; Zo is het met een spreuk in de mond van dwazen.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kiel la kruroj de lamulo pendas peze, Tiel estas sentenco en la buŝo de malsaĝuloj.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Les jambes du boiteux sont sans force : tel est un proverbe dans la bouche des sots.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Comme les jambes de l'impotent sont sans force, ainsi est une sentence dans la bouche d'un insensé.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Comme les jambes du boiteux sont faibles, Ainsi est une sentence dans la bouche des insensés.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Comme les jambes du boiteux pendent sans force, ainsi est un proverbe dans la bouche des insensés.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Schlaff hängen die Beine des Lahmen herab: so ein Spruch im Munde der Toren.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Wie einem Krüppel das Tanzen, also steht den Narren an, von Weisheit zu reden.

German Textbibel ☆

Wie das Herabhangen der Beine von einem Lahmen, so der Weisheitsspruch im Munde der Thoren.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Schwach wie die Beine des Lahmen, so ist ein [weiser] Spruch im Munde des Toren.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἀφελοῦ πορείαν σκελῶν καὶ παρανομίαν ἐκ στόματος ἀφρόνων.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἄφελοῦ πορείαν σκελῶν, καὶ παρανομίαν ἐκ στόματος ἀφρόνων.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Yon moun ki san konprann sèvi ak yon pwovèb menm jan yon moun bwete sèvi ak move janm lan.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

E lawe aku i na wawae o ka mea oopa, A me ka olelonane mailoko ae o ka waha o ka poe lapuwale.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

דַּלְי֣וּ שֹׁ֭קַיִם מִפִּסֵּ֑חַ וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל בְּפִ֣י כְסִילִֽים׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

דליו שקים מפסח ומשל בפי כסילים׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Lo zoppo zoppica delle sue due gambe; Così fa la sentenza nella bocca degli stolti.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Come le gambe dello zoppo son senza forza, così è una massima in bocca degli stolti.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

足の不自由な者の力なく垂れる脚のように、 愚かな者の口にある箴言も同じ。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

저는 자의 다리는 힘 없이 달렸나니 미련한 자의 입의 잠언도 그러하니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Sie mwet lalfon tia ku in fahk sie kas lalmwetmet, oana ke sie mwet ul nia tia ku in fahsr.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Quomodo pulchras frustra habet claudus tibias, sic indecens est in ore stultorum parabola.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

ساقهای شخص لنگ بی‌تمکین است، ومثلی که از دهان احمق برآید همچنان است.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Como as pernas do coxo que pendem frouxas, assim é o provérbio na boca dos tolos.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Assim como não funcionam as pernas do aleijado, assim também é o provérbio na boca dos tolos.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Picioarele șchiopului nu sunt egale; așa este o parabolă în gura proștilor.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Кум сунт пичоареле ологулуй, аша есте ши о ворбэ ынцеляптэ ын гура унор небунь.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Неровно поднимаются ноги у хромого, - и притча в устах глупцов.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Kako hromi hramlje nogama svojim, takva je beseda u ustima bezumnih.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Како хроми храмље ногама својим, таква је беседа у устима безумних.

Mashi Bible ☆

Entege z’ow’akagulu zirhajira nsimiko, zo nguma n’omugani omu kanwa k’ecingolo-ngolo.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Alzar las piernas del cojo, así es el proverbio en la boca del necio.

Spanish BLL ☆

Como las piernas de un cojo que cuelgan sin fuerza, así es un proverbio en la boca de los tontos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Las piernas del cojo cuelgan inútiles; así es el proverbio en la boca de los necios.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Las piernas de alguien que no tiene poder de caminar cuelgan sueltas; así es un dicho sabio en la boca de los necios.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Al lisiado le cuelgan las piernas inútiles. Así es el proverbio en la boca del necio.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku ʻikai tatau ʻae vaʻe ʻoe tangata ketu: ʻoku pehē foki ʻae lea fakatātā ʻi he ngutu ʻoe kakai vale.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Як ноги в кривого підоймаються не рівно, так само й приповість в устах безумних.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Як ноги в кривого підоймаються не рівно, так само й приповість в устах безумних.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Oáng chân người què đòng đưa vô đụng; Câu châm ngôn trong miệng kẻ ngu dại cũng vậy.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

דַּלְי֣וּ שֹׁ֭קַיִם מִפִּסֵּ֑חַ וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל בְּפִ֣י כְסִילִֽים׃