Charles Ellicott Commentary Proverbs 26:10

"[As] an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by." — Proverbs 26:10 (ASV)

The great God that formed all things both rewards the fool, and rewards transgressors.—If this rendering of the passage could stand, Matthew 6:2 might be quoted in illustration of it. If fools and transgressors will set their mind upon husks (Luke 15:16) instead of the food God has provided for His children, He does not deny it to them; they have the reward they seek for.

But the Hebrew can hardly yield this meaning. Of all the various renderings suggested, perhaps the most unobjectionable is as follows: A master (one skilled in his art), produces everything (by his own care and oversight he sees himself that it is properly done); but a fool hires (others to do his work), and he hires passersby, i.e., any casual person that comes in his way, whether skilled or not, and so the work is done badly.