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Proverbs 19:24

Context
NETBible

The sluggard plunges 1  his hand in the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth! 2 

XREF

Ps 74:11; Pr 6:9,10; Pr 12:27; Pr 15:19; Pr 19:15; Pr 24:30-34; Pr 26:13-16

NET © Notes

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

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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