Proverbs 26:10

As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.

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WEBBE

As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.

BSB

Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.

KJV

The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

ASV

[As] an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.

BBE

Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verse 10

This verse may either declare how the Lord, the Creator of all men, will deal with sinners according to their guilt, or, how the powerful among men should disgrace and punish the wicked.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.