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Selected Verse: Proverbs 19:24 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 19:24 |
Strong Concordance |
A slothful [06102] man hideth [02934] his hand [03027] in his bosom [06747], and will not so much as bring [07725] it to his mouth [06310] again [07725]. |
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King James |
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| bosom--literally, a wide dish in which the hand was plunged in eating (Mat 26:23). Compare Pro 26:15, the sentiment expressed with equal irony and less exaggeration. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Hideth his hand in his bosom - Better, dippeth his hand in the dish (compare Kg2 21:13). The scene brought before us is that of an Eastern feast. There are no knives, or forks, or spoons. Every guest has to help himself, or be helped by the host. Compare Joh 13:26. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
24 The slothful hath thrust his hand into the dish;
He bringeth it not again to his mouth.
This proverb is repeated in a different form, Pro 26:15. The figure appears, thus understood, an hyperbole, on which account the lxx understand by צלחת the bosom or lap, κόλπον; Aquila and Symmachus understand by it the arm-pit, μασχάλην or μάλην; and the Jewish interpreters gloss it by חיק (Kimchi) or קרע החלוק, the slit (Ita. fenditura) of the shirt. But the domestic figure, Kg2 21:13, places before us a dish which, when it is empty, is wiped and turned upside down;
(Note: While צפּחת, ṣaḥfat, in the sense of dish, is etymologically clear, for צלּחת, neither ṣalaḥ (to be good for), nor salakh (to be deaf, mangy), offers an appropriate verbal meaning. The Arab. zuluh (large dishes) stands under zalah (to taste, of the tasting of good), but is scarcely a derivative from it. Only צלח, which in the meaning of good for, proceeding from the idea of penetrating through, has retained the root-meaning of cleft, furnishes for צלּחת and צלוחית a root-word in some measure useful.)
and that the slothful when he eats appears too slothful to bring his hand, e.g., with the rice or the piece of bread he has taken out of the dish, again to his mouth, is true to nature: we say of such a man that he almost sleeps when he eats. The fut. after the perf. here denotes that which is not done after the former thing, i.e., that which is scarcely and only with difficulty done; לּו ... גּם may have the meaning of "yet not," as at Psa 129:2; but the sense of "not once" = ne ... quidem, lies here nearer Deu 23:3. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Bring it - To feed himself; he expects that the meat should drop into his mouth. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom - Is too lazy to feed himself, If he dip his hand once in the dish, he is too lazy to put it in a second time. It is a strange case that a man, through his excessive slothfulness, would rather starve than put himself to the trouble to eat. |
15 The slothful [06102] hideth [02934] his hand [03027] in his bosom [06747]; it grieveth [03811] him to bring it again [07725] to his mouth [06310].
23 And [1161] he answered [611] and said [2036], He that dippeth [1686] his hand [5495] with [3326] me [1700] in [1722] the dish [5165], the same [3778] shall betray [3860] me [3165].
26 Jesus [2424] answered [611], He [1565] it is [2076], to whom [3739] I shall give [1929] a sop [5596], when I [1473] have dipped [911] it. And [2532] when he had dipped [1686] the sop [5596], he gave [1325] it to Judas [2455] Iscariot [2469], the son of Simon [4613].
13 And I will stretch [05186] over Jerusalem [03389] the line [06957] of Samaria [08111], and the plummet [04949] of the house [01004] of Ahab [0256]: and I will wipe [04229] Jerusalem [03389] as a man wipeth [04229] a dish [06747], wiping [04229] it, and turning [02015] it upside down [06440].
3 An Ammonite [05984] or Moabite [04125] shall not enter [0935] into the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068]; even to their tenth [06224] generation [01755] shall they not enter [0935] into the congregation [06951] of the LORD [03068] for [05704] ever [05769]:
2 Many a time [07227] have they afflicted [06887] me from my youth [05271]: yet they have not prevailed [03201] against me.
13 And I will stretch [05186] over Jerusalem [03389] the line [06957] of Samaria [08111], and the plummet [04949] of the house [01004] of Ahab [0256]: and I will wipe [04229] Jerusalem [03389] as a man wipeth [04229] a dish [06747], wiping [04229] it, and turning [02015] it upside down [06440].
15 The slothful [06102] hideth [02934] his hand [03027] in his bosom [06747]; it grieveth [03811] him to bring it again [07725] to his mouth [06310].