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Proverbs 26:1 open_in_new
snow in summer... rain. These are as rare and as exceptional as honour is to. fool.
a fool. Hebrew. kesil. See note on Proverbs 1:7.
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Proverbs 26:2 open_in_new
by... by. for... for: or [has cause] for.
So the curse, &c. Illustrations: Baalam's (Nehemiah 13:2); Goliath's (1 Samuel 17:43); Shimei's (2 Samuel 16:5; 2 Samuel 16:12).
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Proverbs 26:3 open_in_new
the fool's back. the back of fools.
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Proverbs 26:4 open_in_new
Answer not. The point of Proverbs 26:3 is that you cannot reason with. fool; Proverbs 26:4 gives the reason. If you answer not according to his folly, he will think he is wise like yourself. If you do answer him according to his folly, he will think you are. fool like he is: i.e. according to Proverbs 26:3 you cannot reason with him. These are finely stated facts, not commands.
folly. Hebrew. 'evil. See note on Proverbs 1:7.
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Proverbs 26:5 open_in_new
conceit. eyes.
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Proverbs 26:6 open_in_new
sendeth. message: or, transacteth business.
Cutteth off the feet: i.e. his own feet. renders himself helpless.
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Proverbs 26:7 open_in_new
legs. clothes; "legs" put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for the clothes on them.
are not equal. are lifted up: i.e. the clothes being lifted up expose the lame legs. So. fool exposes his folly in expounding. parable.
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Proverbs 26:8 open_in_new
bindeth. bindeth tight:. foolish thing to do.
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Proverbs 26:9 open_in_new
a drunkard: i.e. insensible to. thorn.
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Proverbs 26:10 open_in_new
The great God, &c. Render: "A master [workman] formeth all himself aright: but he that hireth. fool, hireth. transgressor [who will spoil the work]. "
rewardeth. Hebrew. sakar, to hire.
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Proverbs 26:11 open_in_new
As. dog, &c. Quoted in 2 Peter 2:22.
returneth. repeateth. Illustrations: Pharaoh (Exodus 9:27-34); Ahab (1 Kings 21:27; 1 Kings 22:6-8); Herod (Mark 6:20-27).
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Proverbs 26:13 open_in_new
a lion. a black lion.
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Proverbs 26:15 open_in_new
hideth. burieth.
bosom. dish, as in 2 Kings 21:13; 2 Kings 19:24.
It grieveth him. It is hard for him, or he is too lazy.
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Proverbs 26:16 open_in_new
men. No Hebrew for this word here.
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Proverbs 26:17 open_in_new
meddleth. vexeth himself.
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Proverbs 26:19 open_in_new
deceiveth. Hebrew. ramah. See note on Proverbs 11:18. Not the same word as in Proverbs 26:26.
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Proverbs 26:22 open_in_new
wounds. self-inflicted wounds. Compare Proverbs 18:8.
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Proverbs 26:23 open_in_new
Burning lips: i.e. warm professions.
silver dross. Figure of speech Hypallage (App-6). Hebrew. silver of dross.
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Proverbs 26:25 open_in_new
speaketh fair. maketh his voice gracious.
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Proverbs 26:26 open_in_new
deceit. Hebrew. nasha'. See note on Proverbs 11:18. Not the same word as in verses: Proverbs 26:19; Proverbs 26:24.
congregation. assembly.
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Proverbs 26:27 open_in_new
shall fall therein. Illustrations: Jacob, who deceived with. kid (Genesis 27:14), was deceived by. kid (Genesis 37:31; Genesis 37:32); David and the sword (2 Samuel 11:14; 2 Samuel 11:15, and 2 Samuel 12:10); Haman and the gallows (Esther 7:10. see Psalms 9:16).
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Proverbs 26:28 open_in_new
hateth, &c.: i.e.: "Forgiveness to the injured doth belong; They ne'er pardon who have done the wrong. "