Proverbs 26:8 Hebrew Text Analysis
Text Analysis
| Strong's | Hebrew | English | Morphology |
| 6887 [e] | כִּצְר֣וֹר kiṣ-rō-wr | Like one who binds | Prep-k | V-Qal-Inf |
| 68 [e] | אֶ֭בֶן ’e-ḇen | a stone | N-fs |
| 4773 [e] | בְּמַרְגֵּמָ֑ה bə-mar-gê-māh; | in a sling | Prep-b | N-fs |
| 3651 [e] | כֵּן־ kên- | So | Adv |
| 5414 [e] | נוֹתֵ֖ן nō-w-ṯên | [Is] he who gives | V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms |
| 3684 [e] | לִכְסִ֣יל liḵ-sîl | to a fool | Prep-l | N-ms |
| 3519 [e] | כָּבֽוֹד׃ kā-ḇō-wḏ. | honor | N-ms |
Hebrew Texts
משלי 26:8 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
כִּצְרֹ֣ור אֶ֭בֶן בְּמַרְגֵּמָ֑ה כֵּן־נֹותֵ֖ן לִכְסִ֣יל כָּבֹֽוד׃
משלי 26:8 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
כצרור אבן במרגמה כן־נותן לכסיל כבוד׃
משלי 26:8 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
כצרור אבן במרגמה כן־נותן לכסיל כבוד׃
משלי 26:8 Hebrew Bible
כצרור אבן במרגמה כן נותן לכסיל כבוד׃
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Like one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool.King James Bible
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.Holman Christian Standard Bible
Giving honor to a fool is like binding a stone in a sling.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
bindeth a stone in a sling or putteth a precious stone in a heap of stones. this probably refers to the custom of throwing a stone to the heap under which a criminal was buried.
Proverbs 26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.
Proverbs 19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have …
Proverbs 30:22 For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
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