Bible verse

Proverbs 26:10

Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.

Proverbs 26:10 · BSB

Proverbs 26:10 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 26.

6 Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

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

8 Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

9 Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

10 Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.

11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

13 The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”

14 As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.

Read all of Proverbs 26

Proverbs 26:10 in other translations

KJV

The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

ASV

As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

ERV

As an archer that woundeth all, so is he that hireth the fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

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