Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 26:17

17 He that passeth by , and meddleth with strife belonging not to him , is like one that taketh a dog by the ears .

Who is going upon the way, and about his business: But this word is by some referred to the last clause, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears as he is passing by him, without any thought of doing him harm; which agrees very well both with the order of the words in the Hebrew Text, and with the matter of the other clause to which this similitude is referred.

In which he is not concerned, nor any way obliged to meddle.

Exposeth himself to great and needless hazards, as a man that causelesly provoketh a Mastiff dog against himself.

Marginal references: Or, is [illegible: 1 word].