6:6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; 1
observe its ways and be wise!
23:26 Give me your heart, my son, 2
and let your eyes observe my ways;
1 sn The sluggard (עָצֵל, ’atsel) is the lazy or sluggish person (cf. NCV “lazy person”; NRSV, NLT “lazybones”).
2 tn Heb “my son”; the reference to a “son” is retained in the translation here because in the following lines the advice is to avoid women who are prostitutes.