Proverbs Chapter 26 verse 6 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 26:6

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off `his own' feet, `and' drinketh in damage.
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BBE Proverbs 26:6

He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.
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DARBY Proverbs 26:6

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off [his own] feet, [and] drinketh damage.
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KJV Proverbs 26:6

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
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WBT Proverbs 26:6


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WEB Proverbs 26:6

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool Is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
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YLT Proverbs 26:6

He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool. This clause comes in the Hebrew after the next. Cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. To entrust an important commission to a fool is to deprive one's self of the means of having it properly executed, and to bring upon one's self shame and injury. A man who is so silly as to employ such an unfit messenger, as it were, cuts off the feet which should bear him on his errand, and, instead of enjoying the satisfaction of seeing the business well performed, he will be mortified and damaged by the blunder and stupidity of his emissary. Septuagint, "He maketh for himself reproach from his own ways (ὁδῶν,? ποδῶν) who sendeth a word by a foulish messenger." The Vulgate reads the first participle in a passive sense, claudus pedibus; but this is uneccessary. We have similar phrases to "drinketh damage" elsewhere; e.g., Job 15:16 "drinketh in iniquity;" 34:7, "drinketh up scorn;" and with a different word, Proverbs 19:28, "devoureth iniquity."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) 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 will "drink damage," i.e., suffer positive mischief from the blundering of his emissary.