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

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.

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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