Proverbs 26:5
“Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Answer a fool according to his folly,.... The Targum is,
"but speak with a fool in thy wisdom;''
and the Syriac…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Proverbs 26:4-5
Two sides of a truth. To “answer a fool according to his folly” is in Pro 26:4 to bandy words with him, to descend to…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Proverbs 26:4-5
See here the noble security of the scripture-style, which seems to contradict itself, but really does not. Wise men have…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Proverbs 26:4-5
according to Let not your answer be according to his folly in foolishness; but let it be according to it in…
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