Proverbs Chapter 10 verse 4 Holy Bible
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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He who is slow in his work becomes poor, but the hand of the ready worker gets in wealth.
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He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, But the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
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Poor `is' he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - That dealeth with a stack hand; that is lazy and indolent (comp. Proverbs 6:10, 11; see on Proverbs 19:15). The Septuagint, with a different pointing, reads, "Poverty humbleth a man." The hand of the diligent (Proverbs 12:24) maketh rich. The words for "hand" are different in the two clauses as Wordsworth remarks. The first word is caph, the open, ineffective, hand or palm; the second term is yad, the hand tense and braced for vigorous work. The LXX. introduces a clause here which seems to interfere with the connection: Υίος πεπαιοευμένος σοφὸς ἔσται τῷ δὲ ἄφρονι διακόνῳ, χρήσεται, "A well instructed son will be wise. and he will use a fool as his minister;" i.e. he is aide to make even the foolish subserve his ends. The sentence is quoted by St. Augustine, 'De Civil Dei,' 16:2. The Vulgate inserts another paragraph, which is also found in some manuscripts of the Septuagint at Proverbs 9:12: Qui nititur mendaciis, hic pascit ventos; idem autem ipse sequitur aves volantes, "He who relieth on lies feedeth on the winds, and pursueth flying birds."
