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Proverbs 10:26

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10:26 Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, 1 

so is the sluggard to those 2  who send him.

1 sn Two similes are used to portray the aggravation in sending a lazy person to accomplish a task. Vinegar to the teeth is an unpleasant, irritating experience; and smoke to the eyes is an unpleasant experience that hinders progress.

2 tn The participle is plural, and so probably should be taken in a distributive sense: “to each one who sends him.”



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