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Proverbs 26:10
[As] an archer who woundeth every thing, [so] one who hireth a dullard, and a drunkard crossing the sea.
Proverbs 26:10 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 26:10 in other translations
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
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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In context
7 Useless are the legs of the lame, and a proverb, in the mouth of a dullard.
8 Like tying a stone to a sling, so, is he that giveth honour, to a dullard.
9 A brier cometh into the hand of a drunken-man, a proverb into the mouth of dullards.
10 [As] an archer who woundeth every thing, [so] one who hireth a dullard, and a drunkard crossing the sea.
11 As, a dog, returneth onto his own vomit, a dullard, repeateth his folly.
12 Thou hast seen a man wise in his own eye,—more hope of a dullard, than of him!
13 Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways.
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