Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
This saying stands within the gathering of Solomon's proverbs made under Hezekiah, about three hundred years after Solomon's time. It takes the form of a short maxim that teaches a familiar truth by comparison. To depend on a faithless person when trouble comes is both painful and useless, as painful and disabling as trying to chew with a broken tooth or to walk with a foot out of joint. A missed ride with a stage driver shows the point, for trust placed in the driver left the traveler without the help that was needed at the needed moment.
This saying stands within the gathering of Solomon's proverbs made under Hezekiah, about three hundred years after Solomon's time. It takes the form of a short maxim that teaches a familiar truth by comparison. To depend on a faithless person when trouble comes is both painful and useless, as painful and disabling as trying to chew with a broken tooth or to walk with a foot out of joint. A missed ride with a stage driver shows the point, for trust placed in the driver left the traveler without the help that was needed at the needed moment.