. The unchanging Christ. 10. XIV. fences anb Serpenta^ Whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.—EccLES. x. S. HAT is meant here is, probably, notsuch a hedge as we are accustomed tosee, but a dry stone wall, or, perhaps,an earthen embankment, in thecrevices of which might lurk a snake,to sting the careless hand. The connection andpurpose of the text are somewhat obscure. It isone of a string of proverb-like sayings which allseem to be illustrations of the one thought thatevery kind of work has its own appropriate andpeculiar peril. So, says the preacher, if a man isdigging a pit, the
. The unchanging Christ. 10. XIV. fences anb Serpenta^ Whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.—EccLES. x. S. HAT is meant here is, probably, notsuch a hedge as we are accustomed tosee, but a dry stone wall, or, perhaps,an earthen embankment, in thecrevices of which might lurk a snake,to sting the careless hand. The connection andpurpose of the text are somewhat obscure. It isone of a string of proverb-like sayings which allseem to be illustrations of the one thought thatevery kind of work has its own appropriate andpeculiar peril. So, says the preacher, if a man isdigging a pit, the sides of it may cave in and hemay go down. If he is pulling down a wall hemay get stung. If he is working in a quarry theremay be a fall of rock. If he is a woodman thetree he is felling may crush him. What then ? Isthe inference to be, sit still and do nothing,because you may get hurt whatever you do ? Byno means. The writer of this book hates idlenessvery nearly as much as he does what he calls** folly, and his inferenc
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