Proverbs 26:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.b ”

• Proverbs 26:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Cutteth off the feet - Mutilates him, spoils the work which the messenger ought to fulfill. Drinketh damage - i. e., “has to drink full draughts of shame and loss” (compare Job 15:16 ).

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off (c) the feet, (d) [and] drinketh damage. (c) That is, of the messenger whom he sends. (d) That is, receives damage by it.

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Book of Fools. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2 ). The text is unusually corrupt and defective. Proverbs 26:1 . For the opposit...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  sendeth. message: or, transacteth business. Cutteth off the feet: i.e. his own feet. renders himself helpless.

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. Cutteth off the feet - Sending by such a person is utterly useless. My old MS. Bible translates well: Halt...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  He that sendeth a message— Schultens renders this, He that cutteth off the feet, he that drinketh down bitterness, he that sendeth commands by the hand of a fool, are equal: That is, there is the...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. He that sendeth a message by ... a fool cutteth off the feet (of himself: i:e., deprives himself of...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Fools. Sluggards. Talkers 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools.

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Cutteth off the feet. — He wants his business done, but if he sends a fool to do it, he might as well cut off his messenger’s legs, for the business will not be transacted; nay, worse than this, he...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 27 THE FOOL "As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool…A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool ac...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 26:2 . Therefore, if the heart knows that a curse is unjust it may rest in the certainty that it cannot harm. Verses Proverbs 26:3-12 . In this group of proverbs the fool is the su...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool ,.... Who knows not how to deliver it in a proper manner, and is incapable of taking the answer, and reporting it as he should; or unfaithful in it, a...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, [and] drinketh damage. Ver. 6. He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool. ] The worth of a faithful messenger he had set...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool He that employs a fool upon any important business, which is too hard for him; cutteth off the feet Namely, of his messenger: he bids one go that w...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  THIS SECONDCHAPTER of the series is clearly the Exodus section, the work of the enemy manifesting itself in various forms of opposition to the truth, beginning with foolishness and ending with hatred...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.   7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.   8 As he that...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool, he that employeth a fool upon any important errand or business which is too hard for him, cutteth off the feet, to wit, of his messenger; he bids...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 26:3 . To our English ideas, the whip and bridle are assigned respectively to the wrong animals, but it must be remembered that the Eastern ass is often quite as spirite...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 26:1 . As snow in summer, which beats down the fruits; and as rain in harvest, which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is honour incongruous to a fool. He shames his laurels, he w...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

  As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool Honour paid to the wicked unseemly and pernicious The respect which man pays his fellow is often grounded on reaso...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 26:1-20 Certain proverbs concerning the fool ( kesil ), with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Proverbs 1:22 ). Proverbs 26:1 As snow in summe...

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• Proverbs 26:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Concerning Fools and Sluggards

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Numbers 13:31 ; Proverbs 10:26 ; Proverbs 13:17 ; Proverbs 25:13

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• Proverbs 26:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Cutteth off the feet — Of his messenger; bids one go that wants legs. Drinketh — Drinking, in scripture, frequently denotes the plentiful doing or receiving of any thing.

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