“Quomodo si spina nascatur in manu temulenti, sic parabola in ore stultorum.”
“As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
“Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.”
“Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
“As a thorn that goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, So is a parable in the mouth of fools.”
If. Hebrew, “as a thorn goeth up into the,” &c. (Protestants) (Haydock) — If he attempt to handle or to extract one, he will wound himself the more, as the fool would render truth and wisdom contemptible. (Calmet) — Parable. Septuagint, “but slavery in the hands of fools” groweth up. (Haydock)
6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. 7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. 8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. 9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.