Proverbs 26:10 (BSB)

Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.

From Proverbs 26. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 26:10

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 26:10: Our translation gives this verse a different reading in the text and in the margin; and accordingly it expresses either, 1. The equity of a good God. The Master, or Lord (so Rab signifies), or, as we read it, The great God that formed all things at first, and still governs them in infinite wisdom, renders to every man according to his work.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 26:10: The great God, that formed all things,.... That made the heavens, earth, and sea, and all that are in them; who is great in the perfections of his nature, and in the works of his hands, and greatly to be praised; both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors; according to their works; every transgression of the law receiving its just recompence of reward, whether a...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 26:10: Various versions of this are proposed (compare Margin). Better perhaps--"Much He injures (or literally, "wounds") all who reward," &c., that is, society is injured by encouraging evil men. transgressors--may be rendered "vagrants." The word "God" is improperly supplied.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 26:10: The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. (f) Meaning God.