The Meaning of Proverbs 26:1 Explained

Proverbs 26:1

KJV: As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

YLT: As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honour is not comely for a fool.

Darby: As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a fool.

ASV: As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

As snow  in summer,  and as rain  in harvest,  so honour  is not seemly  for a fool. 

What does Proverbs 26:1 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 26

1  observations about fools
13  about sluggards
17  and about contentious busybodies

What do the individual words in Proverbs 26:1 mean?

As snow in summer and rain in harvest so not is fitting for a fool honor
כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג ׀ בַּקַּ֗יִץ וְכַמָּטָ֥ר בַּקָּצִ֑יר כֵּ֤ן לֹא־ נָאוֶ֖ה לִכְסִ֣יל כָּבֽוֹד

כַּשֶּׁ֤לֶג ׀  As  snow 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁלֶג 
Sense: snow.
בַּקַּ֗יִץ  in  summer 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קַיִץ  
Sense: summer, summer-fruit.
וְכַמָּטָ֥ר  and  rain 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָטָר  
Sense: rain.
בַּקָּצִ֑יר  in  harvest 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קָצִיר 
Sense: harvest, harvesting.
כֵּ֤ן  so 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֵּן 
Sense: so, therefore, thus.
נָאוֶ֖ה  is  fitting 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: נָאוֶה  
Sense: comely, beautiful, seemly.
לִכְסִ֣יל  for  a  fool 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כְּסִיל  
Sense: fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one.
כָּבֽוֹד  honor 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כָּבֹוד  
Sense: glory, honour, glorious, abundance.