Proverbs 26:6 BSB — MannaFest

Proverbs 26:6

Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

BSB

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ASV

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.

KJV

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

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 messager. Nothing but lameness in himself can vindicate his sending it by such hands; and, after all, the expedient will be worse than the total omission, for he is likely to drink wickedness, i.e., the mischief occasioned by the fool’s misconduct. Coverdale nearly hits the sense as usual: “He is lame of his fete, yee dronken is he in vanite, that committeth eny thinge to a foole.”

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
מְקַצֶּ֣ה	me.ka.Tzeh	[one who] cuts off	H7096 →
רַ֭גְלַיִם	Rag.la.yim	feet	H7272 →
חָמָ֣ס	cha.Mas	violence	H2555 →
שֹׁתֶ֑ה	sho.Teh	[one who] drinks	H8354 →
שֹׁלֵ֖חַ	sho.Le.ach	[one who] sends	H7971 →
דְּבָרִ֣ים	de.va.Rim	words	H1697 →
בְּיַד־	be.yad-	by [the] hand of	H3027 →
כְּסִֽיל׃	ke.Sil	a fool	H3684 →

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Through
Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
leads to
- Proverbs 25:13
  Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 33:7–8
  As for you, O son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the word from My mouth and give them the warning from Me.
Through
Numbers 13:31
But the men who had gone up with him replied, “We cannot go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are!”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 1:28
  Where can we go? Our brothers have made our hearts melt, saying: ‘The people are larger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the heavens. We even saw…
- Joshua 14:8
  Although my brothers who went with me made the hearts of the people melt with fear, I remained loyal to the LORD my God.
- Hebrews 3:19
  So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.
- Numbers 32:9
  For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.
- Deuteronomy 9:1
  Hear, O Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and stronger than you, with large cities fortified to the heavens.
Through
Proverbs 25:13
Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.
leads to
- Proverbs 13:17
  A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

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