10Like 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
Original words
Like an archerרַ֥בH7228Noun - masculine singularwho woundsמְחֽוֹלֵֽל־H2490Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singularat randomכֹּ֑לH3605Noun - masculine singularis he who hiresוְשֹׂכֵ֥רH7936Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singulara foolכְּ֝סִ֗ילH3684Noun - masculine singularorוְשֹׂכֵ֥רH7936Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularpasserbyעֹבְרִֽים׃H5674Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural