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Proverbs 26:9-11
Contemporary English Version

9 A thornbush waved around
    in the hand of a drunkard
is no worse than a proverb
    in the mouth of a fool.

10 It's no smarter to shoot arrows
    at every passerby
than it is to hire a bunch
    of worthless nobodies.[a]
11 (A) Dogs return to eat their vomit,
just as fools repeat
    their foolishness.

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Footnotes

  1. 26.10 nobodies: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 10.
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