This post I did on Proverbial Thought is a good example of how comparing Bible translations can lead us to a deeper understanding of what is really being said. Check it out.
Proverbs 26:10
“The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.”
“Like an archer who wounds everyone is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.” – ESV
This proverb is a challenging one because of how many different ways it could be translated. As a matter of fact, practically every scholarly commentary admits the Hebrew in this proverb is difficult to interpret. That is why I am going to quote several of them before I leave my final thought for you.
Spence-Jones (The Pulpit Commentary)
Few passages have given greater difficulty than this verse; almost every word has been differently explained. The Authorized Version is, The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors; Revised Version, As an archer (Job 16:13) that woundeth all, so is he that hireth the fool and he that hireth them that pass…
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The Recovering Legalist 
The difficulty is that the word “rab” can mean “great” and its homonym can mean “projectile” or “arrows” as in Job 16:13. It might read, “As arrows pierce all so the one who hires a fool or hire those who pass by”
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