As a thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
All Commentaries on Proverbs 26:9 Go To Proverbs 26
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
If. Hebrew, "as a thorn goeth up into the "(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)
