Numbers 13:31; Proverbs 10:26; Proverbs 13:17; Proverbs 25:13
Cutteth off the feet - Mutilates him, spoils the work which the messenger ought to fulfill. Drinketh damage - i. e., “has to drink full draug...
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. (...
The Book of Fools. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2 ). The text is unusually corrupt a...
sendeth. message: or, transacteth business. Cutteth off the feet: i.e. his own feet. renders himself helpless.
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 utter...
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...
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 of...
Fools. Sluggards. Talkers 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools.
'He that sends a fool means to follow him.'
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 busines...
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...
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...
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...
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 fo...
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 fee...
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,...
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...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 26:3 . To our English ideas, the whip and bridle are assigned respectively to the wrong animals, but it must be remembe...
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...
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 wh...
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back. Aspects of a fool Sin is folly. It sacrifices the spiritual for the...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 26:1-20 Certain proverbs concerning the fool ( kesil ), with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Prov...
Concerning Fools and Sluggards
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool, expecting him to represent his interests in a proper manner, cutteth off the feet, he puts himself...
Cutteth off the feet — Of his messenger; bids one go that wants legs. Drinketh — Drinking, in scripture, frequently denotes the plentiful doing or...
6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.b