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Proverbs 26

Prov. 26:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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As he that θbindeth
tsarar (Hebrew #6887)
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (as follows)
KJV usage: adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
Pronounce: tsaw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
tsrowr (Hebrew #6872)
from 6887; a parcel (as packed up); also a kernel or particle (as if a package)
KJV usage: bag, X bendeth, bundle, least grain, small stone.
Pronounce: tser-ore'
Origin: or (shorter) tsror {tser-ore'}
a stone
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
in a sling
margemah (Hebrew #4773)
a stone-heap
KJV usage: sling.
Pronounce: mar-gay-maw'
Origin: from 7275
, so is he that giveth
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
honor
kabowd (Hebrew #3519)
from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
KJV usage: glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).
Pronounce: kaw-bode'
Origin: rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}
to a fool
kciyl (Hebrew #3684)
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Pronounce: kes-eel'
Origin: from 3688
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or, putteth a precious stone in an heap of stones.

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Ministry on This Verse

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bindeth a stone in a sling.
Heb. putteth a precious stone ina heap of stones. This probably refers, as Coverdale understands it, to the custom of throwing a stone to the heap under which a criminal was buried.
So the Vulgate, {Sicut qui mittit lapidem in acervum Mercurii; ita qui tribuit insipienti honorem,} "As he who throws a stone to Mercury's heap, so is he who gives honour to a fool."
Mercury was a heathen god of highways; and stones were erected in different parts to guide the traveller: hence those lines of Dr. Young,"Death stands like Mercuries in every way; And kindly points us to our journey's end."so.
Prov. 26:1• 1As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool. (Prov. 26:1)
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Prov. 19:10• 10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. (Prov. 19:10)
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Prov. 30:22• 22For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; (Prov. 30:22)
• The first part of verse 8 is somewhat ambiguous, and has been variously rendered. The margin of our English Bibles suggests, “As he that putteth a precious stone into a heap of stones,” which implies that to honor a fool is like casting a costly jewel among the common stones by the wayside—it is unvalued. Others read “putting into a purse a stone of the heap.” That is, as it would be foolish to put carefully into one’s purse a useless bit of stone, it is equally foolish to bestow honor upon one who does not deserve it. (“Proverbs Twenty-Six” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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As a bag of gems in a stoneheapf, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "As the binding of a stone in a sling."