靠愚人传信,
    如同砍断自己的脚,
    自讨苦吃。
愚人口中说箴言,
    如同跛子空有腿。
把尊荣给愚人,
    就像把石子绑在甩石器上。

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Sending a message by a fool
is like chopping off your foot
    just to spite yourself.
A fool with words of wisdom
is like an athlete
    with legs that can't move.[a]
Are you going to honor a fool?
Why not shoot a slingshot
    with the rock tied tight?

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Footnotes

  1. 26.7 with … move: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.