King James Version
Read in contextHe that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
All translations
5 of 5 translations contain this numbered verse.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
One who sends a message by the hand of a fool Is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off `his own' feet, `and' drinketh in damage.
He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.