Proverbs 26:1
ContextNET © | Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor 1 is not fitting for a fool. 2 |
NIV © | Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honour is not fitting for a fool. |
NASB © | Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool. |
NLT © | Honor doesn’t go with fools any more than snow with summer or rain with harvest. |
MSG © | We no more give honors to fools than pray for snow in summer or rain during harvest. |
BBE © | Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish. |
NRSV © | Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. |
NKJV © | As snow in summer and rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool. |
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NET © | Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor 1 is not fitting for a fool. 2 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn “Honor” in this passage probably means respect, external recognition of worth, accolades, advancement to high position, etc. All of these would be out of place with a fool; so the sage is warning against elevating or acclaiming those who are worthless. See also J. A. Emerton, “Notes on Some Passages in the Book of Proverbs,” VT 15 (1965): 271-79. 2 sn The first twelve verses of this chapter, Prov 26:1-12, are sometimes called “the Book of Fools” because they deal with the actions of fools. |