Proverbs 26:6
KonteksNETBible | Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, 1 so is sending 2 a message by the hand of a fool. 3 |
NASB © biblegateway Pro 26:6 |
He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence Who sends a message by the hand of a fool. |
HCSB | The one who sends a message by a fool's hand cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. |
LEB | Whoever uses a fool to send a message cuts off his own feet and brings violence upon himself. |
NIV © biblegateway Pro 26:6 |
Like cutting off one’s feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool. |
ESV | Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. |
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 26:6 |
It is like cutting off one’s foot and drinking down violence, to send a message by a fool. |
REB | Whoever sends a fool on an errand cuts his own leg off and displays the stump. |
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 26:6 |
He who sends a message by the hand of a fool Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. |
KJV | He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage. |
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NASB © biblegateway Pro 26:6 |
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HEBREW |
NETBible | Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, 1 so is sending 2 a message by the hand of a fool. 3 |
NET Notes |
1 sn Sending a messenger on a mission is like having another pair of feet. But if the messenger is a fool, this proverb says, not only does the sender not have an extra pair of feet – he cuts off the pair he has. It would not be simply that the message did not get through; it would get through incorrectly and be a setback! The other simile uses “violence,” a term for violent social wrongs and injustice. The metaphorical idea of “drinking” violence means suffering violence – it is one’s portion. So sending a fool on a mission will have injurious consequences. 2 tn The participle could be taken as the subject of the sentence: “the one who sends…cuts off…and drinks.” 3 sn The consequence is given in the first line and the cause in the second. It would be better not to send a message at all than to use a fool as messenger. |