Ecclesiastes 26:15

Nova Vulgata

Abscondit piger manum in catino et laborat, si ad os suum eam converterit.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Abscondit piger manum sub ascela sua, et laborat si ad os suum eam converterit.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Abscondit piger manum sub ascella sua,
et laborat si ad os suum eam converterit.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

slothful: Proverbs 19:24

it grieveth him: or, he is weary

Reciprocal: Proverbs 12:27 - slothful

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom,.... To keep it warm; Jarchi's note is,

"he puts his hand in a hot basin, because of the cold.''

The word c for "bosom" does sometimes signify a "pot" or basin. Or he hides it under his "arm holes", as some render it, not caring to make use of it for labour; or covers it out of sight in his bosom, pretending some weakness or ailment in it, which hinders him from working; see Proverbs 19:24;

it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth; from under his arm holes, or out of his bosom, or even out of the platter, where his food is; an hyperbolical expression, setting forth his excessive sloth; and such an one ought not to eat, but starve indeed. It may be rendered, "he is weary"; it is a "weariness" d to him; it is even a labour too much for him to feed himself, so great is his sloth: and such is the sloth of carnal men; it is a weariness to them to hear the word, and attend on ordinances, and to lift up their hands in prayer to God; or to make use of any means, that they may have food for their souls; praying, hearing, and reading, are a burden to them; and therefore it is but just with God to send them a famine of the word, and take away the whole stay and staff of bread and water.

c בצלחת "in patina vel olla", Vatablus; "in patinam", Tigurine version; "lebete", Mercerus; "in paropside", Cocceius; "in paropsidem", Schultens. d נלאה "fatigatur", Mercerus, Gejerus; "defessus fit", Michaelis; "defetiscitur", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schultens.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Grieveth him - Better, wearieth him.