| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | заставь дурака богу молиться | give someone enough rope |
| proverb | заставь дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт | gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn |
| proverb | заставь дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт | teach a fool to bow with grace and he would fall flat on his face |
| proverb | заставь дурака богу молиться, он и лоб разобьёт | send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| proverb | заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт | gentry sent to market will not buy one bushel of corn |
| proverb | заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт | teach a fool to bow with grace and he would fall flat on his face |
| proverb | Заставь дурака богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт | Give a fool rope enough and he'll hang himself (Taras) |
| proverb | заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт | give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself |
| proverb | заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт | force a fool to pray and he will smash his forehead against the ground (Olga Okuneva) |
| proverb | заставь дурака Богу молиться, он и лоб расшибёт | send a fool to the market and a fool he will return again (used of a person who is inclined to overdo what he has been asked to do. the saying is about those who, if they are compelled to pray, do it with such a zeal that they bang their foreheads against the ground) |
| gen. | заставь дурака богу молиться - он себе и лоб расшибёт | make the stupid man to pray - he will hurt his forehead |
| gen. | заставь дурака богу молиться - он себе и лоб расшибёт | make the stupid man to pray - he'll hurt his forehead |
| gen. | заставь дурака богу молиться - он себе и лоб расшибёт | make a stupid man to pray - he'll hurt his forehead |
| gen. | заставь дурака богу молиться - он себе и лоб расшибёт | make a stupid man to pray - he will hurt his forehead |
| proverb | заставь дурака Богу молиться, он себе лоб расшибёт | over-zeal will damage the cause (Anglophile) |
