He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
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).
To recommend wisdom to us, and to quicken us to the diligent use of all the means for the getting of wisdom, Solomon here shows that fools are fit for nothing; they are either sottish men, who will…
Cambridge Bible
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.
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