Proverbs Chapter 27 verse 3 Holy Bible
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
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A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.
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A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
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A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
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A stone is heavy, And sand is a burden; But a fool's provocation is heavier than both.
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A stone `is' heavy, and the sand `is' heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; literally, heaviness of a stone, weight of the sand. The substantives are more forcible than the corresponding adjectives would be: the versions rather weaken the form of the expression by rendering, Grave est saxum, etc. The quality in the things mentioned is weight, heaviness, ponderosity; that is what we are bidden regard. A fool's wrath is heavier than them both. The ill temper and anger of a headstrong fool, which he vents on those about him, are harder to endure than any material weight is to carry. Ecclus. 22:15, "Sand and salt and a mass of iron are easier to bear than a man without understanding." The previous verse asks, "What is heavier than lead? and what is the name thereof [i.e. of the heavier thing], but a fool?" Job speaks of his grief being heavier than the sand of the sea (Job 6:3).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) But a fool's wrath is heavier than them both--i.e., harder to bear. (Comp. Ecclesiasticus 12:15.) The "fool" here (evil) is the headstrong, self-willed person. who has never learned to control himself, but bursts out into the maddest rage when crossed.
