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Unchecked Copy BoxProverbs 26:8 -

Like [fn]one who binds a stone in a sling,

So is he who gives glory to a fool.

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Translations for Proverbs 26:8
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

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Like one who binds a stone in a sling
Is he who gives honor to a fool.

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Honoring a fool
is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.

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Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.

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Like one who binds the stone in the sling
is one who gives honor to a fool.

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Giving honor to a fool

is like binding a stone in a sling.

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Like [fn]one who binds a stone in a sling,

So is one who gives honor to a fool.

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Like [fn]one who binds a stone in a sling,
So is he who gives honor to a fool.

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Like [fn]one who binds a stone in a sling,

So is he who gives glory to a fool.

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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.

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Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool.

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Like one who binds the stone in the sling is he who gives honor to a fool.

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As one that bindeth a stone in a sling,
So is he that giveth honor to a fool.

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As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So is he who is giving honour to a fool.

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As a bag of gems in a stoneheap, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

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As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honor to a fool.

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As one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.

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sicut qui mittit lapidem in acervum Mercurii ita qui tribuit insipienti honorem

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مَثَلُ مَنْ يُكْرِمُ الْجَاهِلَ كَمَثَلِ مَنْ يَضْرِبُ حَجَراً فِي مِقْلاعٍ (وَيَقْذِفُهُ بَعِيداً).

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כִּצְר֣וֹר אֶ֭בֶן בְּמַרְגֵּמָ֑ה כֵּן־נוֹתֵ֖ן לִכְסִ֣יל כָּבֽוֹד׃

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ὃς ἀποδεσμεύει λίθον ἐν σφενδόνῃ ὅμοιός ἐστιν τῷ διδόντι ἄφρονι δόξαν

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كَصُرَّةِ حِجَارَةٍ كَرِيمَةٍ فِي رُجْمَةٍ، هكَذَا الْمُعْطِي كَرَامَةً لِلْجَاهِلِ.

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He that binds up a stone in a sling, is like one that gives glory to a fool.

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Como quien liga la piedra en la honda, así hace el que al necio da honra.

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Como quien liga la piedra en la honda, Así hace el que da honra al necio.

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Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

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將尊榮給愚昧人的、好像人把石子包在機弦裡。

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Como atar una piedra a la honda, así es dar honor al necio.

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미련한 자에게 영예를 주는 것은 돌을 물매에 매는 것과 같으니라

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C'est attacher une pierre à la fronde, Que d'accorder des honneurs à un insensé.

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Wer einem Narren Ehre antut, das ist, als wenn einer einen edlen Stein auf den Rabenstein würfe.

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Что влагающий драгоценный камень в пращу, то воздающий глупому честь.

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Como quien liga la piedra en la honda, así es el que da honra al loco.

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