Proverbs 26:8

NETBible

Like tying a stone in a sling, 1  so is giving honor to a fool.

NIV ©

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

NASB ©

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

NLT ©

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

MSG ©

Putting a fool in a place of honor is like setting a mud brick on a marble column.

BBE ©

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

NRSV ©

It is like binding a stone in a sling to give honor to a fool.

NKJV ©

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

KJV
As he that bindeth
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in a sling
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so [is] he that giveth
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honour
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to a fool
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{bindeth...: or, putteth a precious stone in an heap of stones}
NASB ©
Like one who binds
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a stone
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in a sling
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is he who gives
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honor
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to a fool
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NET [draft] ITL
Like tying
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a stone
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in a sling
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, so
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is giving
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honor
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to a fool
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.
HEBREW
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NETBible

Like tying a stone in a sling, 1  so is giving honor to a fool.

NET Notes

1 tn The translation “like tying a stone in a sling” seems to make the most sense, even though the word for “sling” occurs only here.

1 sn The point is that only someone who does not know how a sling works would do such a stupid thing (R. N. Whybray, Proverbs [CBC], 152). So to honor a fool would be absurd; it would be counterproductive, for he would still be a fool.