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Proverbs 26:6

NETBible	Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence,¹ so is sending² a message by the hand of a fool.³
NIV © biblegateway Pro 26:6	Like cutting off one’s feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 26:6	He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence Who sends a message by the hand of a fool.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 26:6	Trusting a fool to convey a message is as foolish as cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!
MSG © biblegateway Pro 26:6	You're only asking for trouble when you send a message by a fool.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 26:6	He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 26:6	It is like cutting off one’s foot and drinking down violence, to send a message by a fool.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 26:6	He who sends a message by the hand of a fool Cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
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KJV	He that sendeth <07971> (8802) a message <01697> by the hand <03027> of a fool <03684> cutteth off <07096> (8764) the feet <07272>_, [and] drinketh <08354> (8802) damage <02555>_. {damage: or, violence}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 26:6	He cuts <07096> off <07096> his own feet <07272> and drinks <08354> violence <02555> Who sends <07971> a message <01697> by the hand <03027> of a fool <03684> .
LXXM	(33:6) ek <1537> PREP twn <3588> T-GPM eautou <1438> D-GSM podwn <4228> N-GPM oneidov <3681> N-ASN pietai <4095> V-FMI-3S o <3588> T-NSM aposteilav <649> V-AAPNS di <1223> PREP aggelou <32> N-GSM afronov <878> A-GSM logon <3056> N-ASM
NET [draft] ITL	Like cutting off <07096> the feet <07272> or drinking <08354> violence <02555> , so is sending <07971> a message <01697> by the hand <03027> of a fool <03684> .
HEBREW	lyok <03684> dyb <03027> Myrbd <01697> xls <07971> hts <08354> omx <02555> Mylgr <07272> huqm (26:6) <07096>

NETBible

Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence,¹ so is sending² a message by the hand of a fool.³

NET Notes

¹sn Sending a messenger on a mission is like having another pair of feet. But if the messenger is a fool, this proverb says, not only does the sender not have an extra pair of feet – he cuts off the pair he has. It would not be simply that the message did not get through; it would get through incorrectly and be a setback! The other simile uses “violence,” a term for violent social wrongs and injustice. The metaphorical idea of “drinking” violence means suffering violence – it is one’s portion. So sending a fool on a mission will have injurious consequences.

²tn The participle could be taken as the subject of the sentence: “the one who sends…cuts off…and drinks.”

³sn The consequence is given in the first line and the cause in the second. It would be better not to send a message at all than to use a fool as messenger.