As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So [is] the slothful to those sending him.

A wicked messenger falleth into evil, And a faithful ambassador is healing.

As a vessel of snow in a day of harvest, [So is] a faithful ambassador to those sending him, And the soul of his masters he refresheth.

And the men who have gone up with him said, 'We are not able to go up against the people, for it [is] stronger than we;'