Matthew Poole Commentary - Proverbs 26:27 - 26:27

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Proverbs 26:27 - 26:27


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Whoso diggeth a pit, that another may fall into it. It is a metaphor from hunters, who used to dig deep pits, and then to cover them slightly with earth, that wild beasts passing that way might fall into them, and sometimes in the heat of pursuit fell into them themselves.



That rolleth a stone, to wit, up the hill, with design to do mischief to some person or thing with it.