Proverbs 26:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

He that passeth by; who is going upon the way, and about his business. But this word is by some referred to the last clause, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears as he is passing by him, without any thought of doing him harm; which agrees very well both with the order of the words in the Hebrew text, and with the matter of the other clause, to which this similitude is referred. Belonging not to him; in which he is not concerned, nor any way obliged to meddle. Is like one that taketh a dog by the ears; exposeth himself to great and needless hazards, as a man that causelessly provoketh a mastiff dog against himself.

Proverbs 26:17

17 He that passeth by, and meddlethg with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.