“ As he that bindethc a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. ”
i. e., “To give honor to the fool is like binding a stone in a sling; you cannot throw it.” In each case you misapply and so waste. Others render in the sense of the margin: To use a precious stone...
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...
bindeth . bindeth tight:. foolish thing to do.
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honor to a fool - It is entirely thrown away. This, however...
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling— The plain meaning of this seems to be, what Bishop Patrick has given in his paraphrase; "As a stone put into a sling stays not long there, so is that honour t...
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. As he that bindeth (hurleth, Maurer) a stone in a sling, so (is) he that giveth honour to a fool. The honour is t...
Fools. Sluggards. Talkers 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools.
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling ... — i.e., the stone is soon gone from the sling and seen no more, so honour and a fool soon part company. This seems on the whole the most probable renderin...
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...
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...
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling ,.... That so fastens it to it that it cannot be slung out of it, it becomes useless and does not answer the end for which it is put there; or that places it th...
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so [is] he that giveth honour to a fool. Ver. 8. As he that bindeth a stone in a sling. ] A precious stone is not fit for a sling - where it will soon be cas...
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling Whereby he hinders his own design of throwing the stone out of it; so is he , &c. No less absurd is he that giveth to a fool that honour which he is not c...
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...
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...
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling; whereby he hinders his own design of throwing the stone out of it; or, who fastens it there only for a season, that he may speedily and violently throw it awa...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Concerning Fools and Sluggards
Proverbs 19:10 ; Proverbs 26:1 ; Proverbs 30:22
Bindeth — Whereby he hinders his own design of throwing the stone out of it. So — No less absurd is he that giveth to a fool that honour which he is not capable of using aright.