1 Samuel 25:17

1Sa 25:17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he [is such] a son of Belial, that [a man] cannot speak to him.

Ver. 17. For evil is determined. ] As may well be gathered from the strength and animosity of David and his men thus incensed.

For he is such a son of Belial. ] Cervicosus et indomitus, biliosus et bellicosus, so extremely froward and foul tempered, that there is no talking to him: Proh durum et dirum caput! Caelius, the Roman orator, mortalium ille iracundissimus, was such another fool. a

a Sen., De Ira, lib. iii. cap. 8.