Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Tying a stone to a sling that's what giving honor to a fool is.
New American Standard Bible
So is he who gives honor to a fool.
King James Version
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
Holman Bible
is like binding a stone in a sling.
A Conservative Version
As he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
American Standard Version
As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.
Amplified
Like one who [absurdly] binds a stone in a sling [making it impossible to throw],
So is he who [absurdly] gives honor to a fool.
Bible in Basic English
Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.
Darby Translation
As a bag of gems in a stoneheap, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
Julia Smith Translation
As a bundle of stones in a heap of stones, so he giving honor to the foolish one.
King James 2000
As he that binds a stone in a sling, so is he that gives honor to a fool.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Like binding a stone in a sling, so [is] giving honor to a fool.
Modern King James verseion
As he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that setteth a fool in high dignity, that is even as if a man would bind a stone in a sling.
NET Bible
Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.
New Heart English Bible
As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
The Emphasized Bible
Like tying a stone to a sling, so, is he that giveth honour, to a dullard.
Webster
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honor to a fool.
World English Bible
As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
Youngs Literal Translation
As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So is he who is giving honour to a fool.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Fools
7 Useless legs to the lame that's what a proverb quoted by a fool is. 8 Tying a stone to a sling that's what giving honor to a fool is. 9 A thorn in the hand of a drunkard that's what a proverb quoted by a fool is.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 26:1
Like snowfall in summer or rain at harvest time, so honor is inappropriate for a fool.
Proverbs 19:10
It's not fitting for a fool to live in luxury; neither is it for a servant to rule over princes.
Proverbs 30:22
Under a slave when he becomes a king, a fool when he is overfed,