Proverbs 26:1New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest; so honor is not seemly for a fool.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a fool.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so, unbecoming to a dullard is honour.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour [is] not comely for a fool.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— As snow in summer, and rain in harvest, so glory is not seemly for a fool.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— As the snowe in the sommer, and as the raine in the haruest are not meete, so is honour vnseemely for a foole.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— As snow in summer, and as raine in haruest: so honour is not seemely for a foole.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— LIKE snow in summer and like rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honour is not [seemly] for a fool.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. |
As snow
7950 {7950} Primeשֶׁלֶגsheleg{sheh'-leg}
From H7949; snow (probably from its whiteness).
in summer,
7019 {7019} Primeקַיִץqayits{kah'-yits}
From H6972; harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season.
and as rain
4306 {4306} Primeמָטָרmatar{maw-tawr'}
From H4305; rain.
in harvest,
7105 {7105} Primeקָצִירqatsiyr{kaw-tseer'}
From H7114; severed, that is, harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage).
so
x3651 (3651) Complementכֵּןken{kane}
From H3559; properly set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjugation) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles).
honour
3519 {3519} Primeכָּבוֹדkabowd{kaw-bode'}
From H3513; properly weight; but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness.
is not
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
seemly
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for a fool.
3684 {3684} Primeכְּסִילk@ciyl{kes-eel'}
From H3688; properly fat, that is, (figuratively) stupid or silly. |
Proverbs 26:1
_ _ The incongruities of nature illustrate also those of the moral world. The fool’s unworthiness is also implied (Proverbs 17:7; Proverbs 19:10). |
Proverbs 26:1
_ _ Note, 1. It is too common a thing for honour to be given to fools, who are utterly unworthy of it and unfit for it. Bad men, who have neither wit nor grace, are sometimes preferred by princes, and applauded and cried up by the people. Folly is set in great dignity, as Solomon observed, Ecclesiastes 10:6. 2. It is very absurd and unbecoming when it is so. It is an incongruous as snow in summer, and as great a disorder in the commonwealth as that is in the course of nature and in the seasons of the year; nay, it is as injurious as rain in harvest, which hinders the labourers and spoils the fruits of the earth when they are ready to be gathered. When bad men are in power they commonly abuse their power, in discouraging virtue, and giving countenance to wickedness, for want of wisdom to discern it and grace to detest it. |
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1 Samuel 12:17-18 [Is it] not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness [is] great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. ... So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
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- so:
Proverbs 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Proverbs 28:16 The prince that wanteth understanding [is] also a great oppressor: [but] he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.
Judges 9:7 And when they told [it] to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.
Judges 9:20 But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech.
Judges 9:56-57 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: ... And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
Esther 3:1-15 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that [were] with him. ... The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
Esther 4:6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which [was] before the king's gate.
Esther 4:9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
Psalms 12:8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Psalms 15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not.
Psalms 52:1 [[To the chief Musician, Maschil, [A Psalm] of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.]] Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God [endureth] continually.
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Ecclesiastes 10:5-7 There is an evil [which] I have seen under the sun, as an error [which] proceedeth from the ruler: ... I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth.
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