As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
The 1611 reading
As vineger to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
KJV dictionary & concordance
1. The hard structures in a person's or animal's jaws, chiefly used for biting and chewing. 2. Toothlike points or projections on a tool or instrument. 3. In ‘cast ... in his teeth,’ to reproach or taunt someone to his face.
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First occurrence: Genesis 49:12
Complete exact-word concordance
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
As vineger to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their iaw-teeth as kniues, to deuoure the poore from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
1611 marginal notePsal.52.3. and 57.5. iob. 29.17.
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