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Proverbs 26:8

NETBible	Like tying a stone in a sling,¹ so is giving honor to a fool.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 26:8	Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honour to a fool.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 26:8	Like one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 26:8	Honoring a fool is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 26:8	Putting a fool in a place of honor is like setting a mud brick on a marble column.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 26:8	Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 26:8	It is like binding a stone in a sling to give honor to a fool.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 26:8	Like one who binds a stone in a sling Is he who gives honor to a fool.
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KJV	As he that bindeth <06872> (8675) <06887> (8800) a stone <068> in a sling <04773>_, so [is] he that giveth <05414> (8802) honour <03519> to a fool <03684>_. {bindeth...: or, putteth a precious stone in an heap of stones}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 26:8	Like one who binds <06887> a stone <068> in a sling <04773> , So <03651> is he who gives <05414> honor <03519> to a fool <03684> .
LXXM	(33:8) ov <3739> R-NSM apodesmeuei {V-PAI-3S} liyon <3037> N-ASM en <1722> PREP sfendonh {N-DSF} omoiov <3664> A-NSM estin <1510> V-PAI-3S tw <3588> T-DSM didonti <1325> V-PAPDS afroni <878> A-DSM doxan <1391> N-ASF
NET [draft] ITL	Like tying <06887> a stone <068> in a sling <04773> , so <03651> is giving <05414> honor <03519> to a fool <03684> .
HEBREW	dwbk <03519> lyokl <03684> Ntwn <05414> Nk <03651> hmgrmb <04773> Nba <068> rwruk (26:8) <06887>

NETBible

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

NET Notes

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

¹sn 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.