Proverbs 26:9
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As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Context
Similitudes and Instructions
8As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool. 9As if a thorn should grow in the hand of a drunkard: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.10Judgment determineth causes: and he that putteth a fool to silence, appeaseth anger.…
Cross References
Proverbs 26:8
As he that casteth a stone into the heap of Mercury: so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Proverbs 26:10
Judgment determineth causes: and he that putteth a fool to silence, appeaseth anger.

Lexicon
[Like] a thorn
ח֭וֹחַ (ḥō·w·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2336: Briar, bramble, hook, ring, fetter

[that] falls
עָלָ֣ה (‘ā·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

into the hand
בְיַד־ (ḇə·yaḏ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

of a drunkard
שִׁכּ֑וֹר (šik·kō·wr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7910: Intoxicated, as a, state, a habit

is a proverb
וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל (ū·mā·šāl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4912: A pithy maxim, a simile

in the mouth
בְּפִ֣י (bə·p̄î)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

of a fool.
כְסִילִֽים׃ (ḵə·sî·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool


Additional Translations
Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.As a thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools.

As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Thorns grow in the hand of a drunkard, and servitude in the hand of fools.

[As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the month of fools.

As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Like a thornbush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
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