The Meaning of Proverbs 26:7 Explained

Proverbs 26:7

KJV: The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

YLT: Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

Darby: The legs of the lame hang loose; so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

ASV: The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The legs  of the lame  are not equal:  so [is] a parable  in the mouth  of fools. 

What does Proverbs 26:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 26

1  observations about fools
13  about sluggards
17  and about contentious busybodies

What do the individual words in Proverbs 26:7 mean?

That hang limp [Like] the legs of the lame and [Is] a proverb in the mouth of fools
דַּלְי֣וּ שֹׁ֭קַיִם מִפִּסֵּ֑חַ וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל בְּפִ֣י כְסִילִֽים

דַּלְי֣וּ  That  hang  limp 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: דָּלַל 
Sense: to hang, languish, hang down, be low.
שֹׁ֭קַיִם  [Like]  the  legs 
Parse: Noun, fd
Root: שֹׁוק  
Sense: leg, thigh.
מִפִּסֵּ֑חַ  of  the  lame 
Parse: Preposition-m, Adjective, masculine singular
Root: פִּסֵּחַ  
Sense: lame.
וּ֝מָשָׁ֗ל  and  [Is]  a  proverb 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָשָׁל  
Sense: proverb, parable.
בְּפִ֣י  in  the  mouth 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
כְסִילִֽים  of  fools 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: כְּסִיל  
Sense: fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one.