Proverbs 13:25

The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, ¹  but the belly of the wicked lacks food. ² 

De 28:48; De 32:24; Ps 34:10; Ps 37:3,16,18,19; Pr 6:11; Pr 24:34; Isa 65:13,14; 2Th 3:10; 1Ti 4:8; Heb 13:5

¹ tn The noun נֶפֶשׁ (traditionally “soul”; cf. KJV, ASV) here means “appetite” (BDB 660 s.v. 5.a).

² tn Heb “he will lack.” The term “food” is supplied in the translation as a clarification. The wicked may go hungry, or lack all they desire, just as the first colon may mean that what the righteous acquire proves satisfying to them.