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Holman Christian Standard Bible
7 A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like lame legs that hang limp.
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English Standard Version
7 Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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King James Version
7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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The Message Bible
7 A proverb quoted by fools is limp as a wet noodle.
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New American Standard Bible
7 Like the legs which are useless to the lame, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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New International Version
7 Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
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New King James Version
7 Like the legs of the lame that hang limp Is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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New Living Translation
7 A proverb in the mouth of a fool is as useless as a paralyzed leg.
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New Revised Standard
7 The legs of a disabled person hang limp; so does a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
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American Standard Version
7 The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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The Bible in Basic English
7 The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.
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Common English Bible
7 As legs dangle from a disabled person, so does a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
7 As legs dangle from a disabled person, so does a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
7 The legs of the disabled hang limp and useless; likewise a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
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The Darby Translation
7 The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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Good News Translation
7 A fool can use a proverb about as well as crippled people can use their legs.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
7 A fool can use a proverb about as well as crippled people can use their legs.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
7 [Like] a lame person's limp legs, so is a proverb in the mouths of fools.
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Hebrew Names Version
7 Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
7 Like unto the way that the one who is lame walks, so is a proverb in the mouth of the fool.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
7 The legs of the lame are not equal : so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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Lexham English Bible
7 [Like] legs that hang limp from a lame person, so [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha
7 take away the motion of the legs, as transgression from the mouth of fools.
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New Century Version
7 A wise saying spoken by a fool is as useless as the legs of a crippled person.
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New International Reader's Version
7 A proverb in the mouth of a foolish person is like disabled legs that are useless.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
7 The legs of a disabled person hang limp; so does a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
7 As a lame man hath fair legs in vain: so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.
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Revised Standard Version
7 Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
7 Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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Third Millennium Bible
7 The legs of the lame are not equal; so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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7 The legs of the lame are not equal; so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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The Latin Vulgate
7 quomodo pulchras frustra habet claudus tibias sic indecens est in ore stultorum parabola
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7 quomodo pulchras frustra habet claudus tibias sic indecens est in ore stultorum parabola
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The Webster Bible
7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools.
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World English Bible
7 Like the legs of the lame that hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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Wycliffe
7 As an halting man hath fair legs in vain; so a parable is unseemly in the mouth of fools.
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Young's Literal Translation
7 Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
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