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Proverbs 26:8


Proverbs 26:7 Proverbs 26:8 (KJV) Proverbs 26:9
The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool.
[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

As he that bindethH6872 H6887 a stoneH68 in a slingH4773, so is he that givethH5414 honourH3519 to a foolH3684.


Original Hebrew

כִּצְרֹור אֶבֶן בְּמַרְגֵּמָה כֵּן־נֹותֵן לִכְסִיל כָּבֹוד׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
כִּ/צְר֣וֹר
ki/tz.Ror H6887 HR/Vqc as/ ties
אֶ֭בֶן
'E.ven H68 HNcfsa a stone
בְּ/מַרְגֵּמָ֑ה
be./mar.ge.Mah H4773 HR/Ncfsa in/ a sling
כֵּן
ken- H3651 HTm so
נוֹתֵ֖ן
no.Ten H5414 HVqrmsa (one who) gives
לִ/כְסִ֣יל
li/kh.Sil H3684 HR/Aamsa to/ a fool
כָּבֽוֹד
ka.Vod H3519 HNcbsa honor
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H68 — אֶבֶן (ʼeben, eh'-ben): from the root of בָּנָה through the meaning to build; a stone; [phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
  • H3519 — כָּבוֹד (kâbôwd, kaw-bode'): rarely כָּבֹד; from כָּבַד; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness; glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
  • H3684 — כְּסִיל (kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'): from כָּסַל; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly; fool(-ish).
  • H4773 — מַרְגֵּמָה (margêmâh, mar-gay-maw'): from רָגַם; a stone-heap; sling.
  • H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
  • H6872 — צְרוֹר (tsᵉrôwr, tser-ore'): or (shorter) צְרֹר; from צָרַר; a parcel (as packed up); also a kernel or particle (as if a package); bag, [idiom] bendeth, bundle, least grain, small stone.
  • H6887 — צָרַר (tsârar, tsaw-rar'): a primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive; adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H3651 — כֵּן (kên, kane): from כּוּן; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles); [phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, [idiom] you.
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Reciprocal references (1): 2 Chronicles 24:17

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