the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Proverbs 19:24
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The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;he doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth!
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth.
The lazy one buries his hand in the dish, But will not even bring it back to his mouth.
Though the lazy person puts his hand in the dish, he won't lift the food to his mouth.
The lazy man buries his hand in the [food] dish, But will not even bring it to his mouth again.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
The slouthfull hideth his hand in his bosome, and wil not put it to his mouth againe.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish,But will not even bring it back to his mouth.
The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
Some people are too lazy to lift a hand to feed themselves.
A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again.
Some people are too lazy to take care of themselves. They will not even lift the food from their plate to their mouth.
A sluggard hides his hands in his bosom and will not even try to bring them to his mouth again.
Some people are too lazy to put food in their own mouths.
A lazy person buries his hand in the dish, and even to his mouth he will not bring it back.
A lazy one puts his hand in a dish, and he will not return it to his mouth.
A slouthfull body shuteth his honde in to his bosome, so yt he can not put it to his mouth.
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it back to his mouth.
A slouthfull man hideth his hand in his bosome, and wil not so much as bring it to his mouth againe.
A slouthfull man shutteth his hande into his bosome, and wyll not take payne to put it to his mouth.
He that unjustly hides his hands in his bosom, will not even bring them up to his mouth.
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
A slow man hidith his hond vndur the armpit; and putteth it not to his mouth.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
A lazy man buries his hand in the bowl, [fn] And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Lazy people take food in their hand but don't even lift it to their mouth.
The lazy man buries his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again.
The lazy person buries a hand in the dish, and will not even bring it back to the mouth.
A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, even unto his own mouth, will he not bring it back.
The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it back to his mouth.
The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.
Some people dig a fork into the pie but are too lazy to raise it to their mouth.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, But will not even bring it back to his mouth.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 19:15, Proverbs 6:9, Proverbs 6:10, Proverbs 12:27, Proverbs 15:19, Proverbs 24:30-34, Proverbs 26:13-16, Psalms 74:11
Reciprocal: Proverbs 6:6 - thou Proverbs 10:4 - becometh Proverbs 20:4 - sluggard Proverbs 21:25 - General Proverbs 26:15 - slothful
Cross-References
By the time Lot had come to Tzo‘ar, the sun had risen over the land.
Then Adonai caused sulfur and fire to rain down upon S'dom and ‘Amora from Adonai out of the sky.
and looked out toward S'dom and ‘Amora, scanning the entire plain. There before him the smoke was rising from the land like smoke from a furnace!
But when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Avraham and sent Lot out, away from the destruction, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.
"What isn't his at all will live in his tent; sulfur will be scattered on his home.
He will rain hot coals down on the wicked, fire, sulfur and scorching wind will be what they get to drink.
If Adonai -Tzva'ot had not left us a tiny, tiny remnant, we would have become like S'dom, we would have resembled ‘Amora.
Thus Bavel, that jewel of kingdoms, the pride and glory of the Kasdim, will be like S'dom and ‘Amora when overthrown by God.
Let that man be like the cities Adonai overthrew without mercy! Let him hear cries of alarm in the morning and the sound of battle at noon,
It will be like the overthrow of S'dom, ‘Amora and their neighboring towns," says Adonai . "No one will settle there any more, no human being will live there again.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom,.... In cold weather to keep it warm, and at other times, as unwilling to use it in labour; it is the proper posture and just attitude of a slothful man. The word for "bosom" is sometimes used for a "pot" or "platter" u; and then the sense is, that he puts his hands under a pot over a fire to warm them; or in one removed at some distance from the fire, as Jarchi; or rather it may signify his putting his hand into a plate of food, and yet so slothful, as it follows,
and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again; so sluggish, that he will rather starve than be at the pains to feed himself; he will not take his hand out of his bosom, to take food out of the dish to feed himself with; and even when his hand is in the dish, he will not take it from thence again, and lift it to his mouth; an hyperbolical expression. Gussetius w thinks, it may have respect to such slothful men, who are careless and negligent to their souls; who, though they have the holy Scriptures in their hands, like a vessel full of wholesome food for the soul, yet will not make use of the least mite out of them, that they may receive eternal life.
u בצלחת "in patinam", Tigurine version; "in lebete", Mercerus, Michaelis; "in patinia", Cocceius; "in paropsidem", Schultens. w Ebr. Comment. p. 715.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Hideth his hand in his bosom - Better, dippeth his hand in the dish (compare 2 Kings 21:13). The scene brought before us is that of an Eastern feast. There are no knives, or forks, or spoons. Every guest has to help himself, or be helped by the host. Compare John 13:26.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 19:24. A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom — Is too lazy to feed himself, If he dip his hand once in the dish, he is too lazy to put it in a second time. It is a strange case that a man, through his excessive slothfulness, would rather starve than put himself to the trouble to eat.
