10 Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 26:10
Fools, Sluggards, Quarrels, Gossip, Deceitful Speech, and the Ruin of Unrestrained Folly
The chapter moves from an extended warning about fools, to the self-deception of sluggards, to the danger of meddling and harmful joking, to gossip as conflict fuel, and finally to the concealed malice of lying and flattering speech.
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Verse 10
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Like an archer רַ֥ב H7228 Noun - masculine singular who wounds מְחֽוֹלֵֽל־ H2490 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular at random כֹּ֑ל H3605 Noun - masculine singular is he who hires וְשֹׂכֵ֥ר H7936 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular a fool כְּ֝סִ֗יל H3684 Noun - masculine singular or וְשֹׂכֵ֥ר H7936 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular passerby עֹבְרִֽים׃ H5674 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural