Proverbs 20:4
Text Analysis
Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
2779 [e]מֵ֭חֹרֶף
mê-ḥō-rep̄
Because of winterPrep-m | N-ms
6102 [e]עָצֵ֣ל
‘ā-ṣêl
the lazy [man]Adj-ms
3808 [e]לֹא־
lō-
notAdv-NegPrt
2790 [e]יַחֲרֹ֑שׁ
ya-ḥă-rōš;
will plowV-Qal-Imperf-3ms
  [ישאל]
[yiš-’al
-Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular V-Qal-Imperf-3ms
 
ḵ]
 
7592 [e](וְשָׁאַ֖ל)
(wə-šā-’al
He will begConj-w | V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms
 
q)
 
7105 [e]בַּקָּצִ֣יר
baq-qā-ṣîr
during harvestPrep-b, Art | N-ms
369 [e]וָאָֽיִן׃
wā-’ā-yin.
and [have] nothingConj-w | Adv





















Hebrew Texts
משלי 20:4 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex
מֵ֭חֹרֶף עָצֵ֣ל לֹא־יַחֲרֹ֑שׁ [יִשְׁאַל כ] (וְשָׁאַ֖ל ק) בַּקָּצִ֣יר וָאָֽיִן׃

משלי 20:4 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only)
מחרף עצל לא־יחרש [ישאל כ] (ושאל ק) בקציר ואין׃

משלי 20:4 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required)
מחרף עצל לא־יחרש [ישאל כ] (ושאל ק) בקציר ואין׃

משלי 20:4 Hebrew Bible
מחרף עצל לא יחרש ישאל בקציר ואין׃

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The sluggard does not plow after the autumn, So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.

King James Bible
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

sluggard

Proverbs 10:4 He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the …

Proverbs 19:15,24 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger…

Proverbs 26:13-16 The slothful man said, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets…

cold

Proverbs 6:10,11 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep…

Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 24:34 So shall your poverty come as one that travels; and your want as an armed man.

Matthew 25:3-10,24-28 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them…

2 Peter 1:5-11 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; …

Links
Proverbs 20:4Proverbs 20:4 NIVProverbs 20:4 NLTProverbs 20:4 ESVProverbs 20:4 NASBProverbs 20:4 KJVProverbs 20:4 Bible AppsProverbs 20:4 Biblia ParalelaProverbs 20:4 Chinese BibleProverbs 20:4 French BibleProverbs 20:4 German BibleBible Hub
Proverbs 20:3
Top of Page
Top of Page