SEV Biblia, Chapter 13:17
¶ El mal mensajero caerá en mal; mas el mensajero fiel es medicina.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 13:17
Verse 17. A wicked messenger ] The Septuagint: basileuv yrasuev, a bold king; instead of ûalm malach, a messenger, they had read ûlm melech, a king: but they are singular in this rendering; none of the other versions have it so. He that betrays the counsels of his government, or the interests of his country, will sooner or later fall into mischief; but he that faithfully and loyally fulfils his mission, shall produce honour and safety to the commonwealth.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 17. A wicked messenger falleth into mischief , etc.] That does not do his errand right, nor deliver his message faithfully; such an one falls from the degree of honour in which he was into disgrace; he loses his master’s favour that sent him; he is degraded from his post and office: he falls “by evil”, or “into evil” f378 ; by the evil of sin, into the evil of punishment. So wicked ministers and false teachers, such who transform themselves into the apostles of Christ and into angels of light, who corrupt the word of God, and handle it deceitfully; these shall receive their just condemnation; since they do a deal of mischief to the souls of men, and therefore shall fall into mischief themselves, even into everlasting perdition; but a faithful ambassador [is] health ; or, “an ambassador of truths” f379 ; one that performs his embassy well and truly, he is salutary, useful, and profitable to himself, and to them that send him: the word for ambassador is translated an “hinge”, ( Proverbs 26:14); and he is so called, because upon his negotiations abroad the hinge of political affairs turn at home. An ambassador of Christ, who does his work faithfully, keeps back nothing that is profitable, but declares the whole counsel of God; the sound doctrines he delivers are health to the souls of men; as well as he is approved of God and Christ; and so it turns to his own health and advantage, who will hear one day said unto him, “Well done, good and faithful servant”, ( Matthew 25:23).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 17 - Those that are wicked, and false to Christ and to the souls of men, d mischief, and fall into mischief; but those that are faithful, fin sound words healing to others and to themselves.
Original Hebrew
מלאך 4397 רשׁע 7563 יפל 5307 ברע 7451 וציר 6735 אמונים 529 מרפא׃ 4832
