Proverbs Chapter 19 verse 15 Holy Bible
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
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Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 15. - Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; "causes deep sleep to fall upon a man" (comp. Proverbs 6:9; Proverbs 13:4). The word for "sleep" (תַרדֵמָה, tardemah) is that used for the supernatural sleep of Adam when Eve was formed (Genesis 2:21), and implies pro. found insensibility. Aquila and Symmachus render it, ἔκστασιν, "trance." Slothfulness enervates a man, renders him as useless for labour as if he were actually asleep in his bed; it also enfeebles the mind, corrupts the higher faculties, converts a rational being into a witless animal. Otium est vivi hominis sepultura, "Idleness is a living man's tomb." An idle soul shall suffer hunger. We have many gnomes to this effect (see Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 12:24; Proverbs 20:13; Proverbs 23:21). The LXX. has introduced something of this verse at Proverbs 18:8, and here render, Δειλία κατέχει ἀνδρόγυνον, "Cowardice holdeth fast the effeminate, and the soul of the idle shall hunger." "Sloth," as the proverb says, "is the mother of poverty."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(15) Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep.--Or rather, makes it fall upon a man, as upon Adam (Genesis 2:21).
