“Quomodo pulchras frustra habet claudus tibias, sic indecens est in ore stultorum parabola.”
“The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. are: Heb. are lifted up”
“Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.”
“Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
“The legs of the lame hang loose: So is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
Fair. Hebrew, “unequal legs,” or “lifted up,” so, &c. (Haydock)
4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.