The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Ver. 5. The fool foldeth his hands together.] A graphical and lively description of a sluggard, fitly called a fool (φαυλος), a naughty person. "Thou idle and evil servant." Mat 25:26 God puts no difference between nequaquam and nequam, a drone and a naughty pack, seem he never so "wise in his own eyes," Pro 26:16 and have he never so much reason to allege for himself - as in the verse here next following; a fool he is, and so he will soon prove himself; for "he folds up his hands and hides them in his own bosom." Pro 26:15 A great many chares he is likely to do the while: See Trapp on " Pro 19:24 " And as (Neque mola, neque farina - nothing do, nothing have) "he eateth his own flesh" - he maketh many a hungry meal, he hath a dog's life, as we say. "Ease slayeth this fool"; Proverbs 1:32 , marg. poverty comes upon him as an armed man; grief also slays him; Pro 21:25 envy consumes his flesh, and he is vexed at the plenty of painful persons, and, because he cannot come at, or rather pull out their hearts, he feeds upon his own.