Proverbs 26:6
What meaning of the proverbs 26:6 in the Bible?
What does Proverbs 26:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.b"
What does Proverbs 26:6 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.b"
Verse Proverbs 26:6. _CUTTETH OFF THE FEET_] Sending by such a person is utterly useless. My old MS. Bible translates well: _Halt in feet_ _and drinking wickednesse that sendith wordis bi a foole mess...
CUTTETH OFF THE FEET - Mutilates him, spoils the work which the messenger ought to fulfill. DRINKETH DAMAGE - i. e., “has to drink full draughts of shame and loss” (compare Job 15:16)....
CHAPTER 26 CONCERNING THE FOOL AND THE SLUGGARD Eleven times we meet the word fool in this chapter. Three different words are used in the Hebrew for fool. The first is “avil” which signifies weakness....
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 opposite use of...
SENDETH. MESSAGE: or, transacteth business. CUTTETH OFF THE FEET: i.e. his own feet. renders himself helpless....
_the feet_ Rather _his own_ FEET, R.V. By choosing such a messenger he robs himself by his own act of the means of attaining his end, and suffers accordingly....
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 hand of a fool,_ are equal: That is, there is the sa...
CHAPTER 26 TEXT Proverbs 26:1-9 1. As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool. 2. As a sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that...
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 OFF THE FEET (OF HIMSELF: I:E., DEPRIVES HIMSELF OF THE PO...
26:6 damage. (e-19) Lit. 'violence' or 'wrong.'...
FOOLS. SLUGGARDS. TALKERS 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 26 V1 Snow should not fall in summer. Rain should not fall during the harvest. And a fool should not receive honour. V2 A bird does not stop...
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 business will not be transacted; nay, worse than this, he wi...
מְקַצֶּ֣ה רַ֭גְלַיִם חָמָ֣ס שֹׁתֶ֑ה שֹׁלֵ֖חַ דְּבָרִ֣ים בְּ יַד ־כְּסִֽיל׃...
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 accord...
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. In this group of proverbs the fool is the subject. Th...
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. (d) That is, receives damage by it....
_Iniquity. He is exposed to shame, (Septuagint) and must condemn his own folly. (Calmet)_...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be follow...
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 reporting it as he should; or unfaithful in it, 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 fool._] The worth of a faithful messenger he had set f...
_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 feet_ Namely, of his messenger: he bids one go that wa...
CONCERNING FOOLS AND SLUGGARDS...
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....
DAMAGE: Or, violence...
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 OFF THE FEET, to wit, of his messenger; he bids one g...
Proverbs 26:6 sends H7971 (H8802) message H1697 hand H3027 fool H3684 off H7096 (H8764) feet H7272 drinks H8354 (H8802) violence H2555 sendeth - Proverbs 10:26, Proverbs 13:17, Proverbs 25:13;...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: (Principal lesson, Proverbs 26:20-25.) God gives us two ears and two eyes, but only one tongue. We should therefore see and hear mor...
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 wast...
_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 reasons...
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 spirited an...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 26:1 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 SUMMER, AND AS RAIN IN HARV...
Shall we turn now to Proverbs 26:1-28 to begin our study this evening. The first twelve verses of Proverbs 26:1-28 we trust doesn't apply to any of you tonight, because it's sort of addressed towards...
Numbers 13:31; Proverbs 10:26; Proverbs 13:17; Proverbs 25:13...
Cutteth off the feet — Of his messenger; bids one go that wants legs. Drinketh — Drinking, in scripture, frequently denotes the plentiful doing or receiving of any thing....