10 Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.
10 Like an archer who wounds everyone is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
10 Hire a fool or a drunk and you shoot yourself in the foot.
10 The great God who formed everything Gives the fool his hire and the transgressor his wages.
10 An employer who hires a fool or a bystander is like an archer who shoots at random.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 26:10
Commentary on Proverbs 26:10
(Read Proverbs 26:10)
This verse may either declare how the Lord, the Creator of all men, will deal with sinners according to their guilt, or, how the powerful among men should disgrace and punish the wicked.