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Proverbs 19:24

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19:24 The sluggard plunges 1  his hand in the dish,

and he will not even bring it back to his mouth! 2 

1 tn Heb “buries” (so many English versions); KJV “hideth”; NAB “loses.”

2 sn This humorous portrayal is an exaggeration; but the point is that laziness can overcome hunger. It would have a wider application for anyone who would start a project and then lack the interest or energy to finish it (R. N. Whybray, Proverbs [CBC], 111). Ibn Ezra proposes that the dish was empty, because the sluggard was too lazy to provide for himself.



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