Kommentar zu Mischlej 14:16

A wise man fears retribution.

and turns away from evil From the evil.

but a fool passes vigorously He strengthens himself to pass vigorously.

and slips Heb. ובוטח, and slips and falls to the ground, as in (Jer. 12:5): “and in the peaceful you slip (בוטח),” and Jonathan renders: את מתבטח ונפיל, meaning “you slip and fall.” Others explain this as confidence. In his palace, he is confident, saying, “The evil will not befall me.”