He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
KJV
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4 additional translationsASV
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.
WEB
Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
YLT
He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
DBT
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh damage.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.