Proverbs 26:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

Young's Literal Translation
He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.

King James Bible
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage.

Hebrew
Like cutting off
מְקַצֶּ֣ה (mə·qaṣ·ṣeh)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7096: To cut off, to destroy, to scrape off

one’s own feet
רַ֭גְלַיִם (raḡ·la·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

or drinking
שֹׁתֶ֑ה (šō·ṯeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

violence
חָמָ֣ס (ḥā·mās)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2555: Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain

is the sending
שֹׁלֵ֖חַ (šō·lê·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

of a message
דְּבָרִ֣ים (də·ḇā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

by the hand
בְּיַד־ (bə·yaḏ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3027: A hand

of a fool.
כְּסִֽיל׃ (kə·sîl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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