Proverbs Chapter 19 verse 24 Holy Bible
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
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The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.
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A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again.
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A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
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The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
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The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - A slothful man hideth him hand in his bosom; Revised Version, the sluggard burieth his hand in the disk. The word tsallachath, translated "bosom" here and in the parallel passage, Proverbs 26:15 (where see note), is rightly rendered "dish" (2 Kings 21:13). At an Oriental meal the guests sit round a table, on which is placed a dish containing the food, from which every one helps himself with his fingers, knives, spoons, and forks being never used (comp. Ruth 2:14; Matthew 26:23). Sometimes the holt himself helps a guest whom ha wishes to honour (comp. John 13:26). And will not so much as bring it to him mouth again He finds it too great an exertion to feed himself, an hyperbolical way of denoting the gross laziness which recoils from the slightest labour, and will not take the least trouble to win its livelihood. An Arabic proverb says, "He dies of hunger under the date tree." Septuagint, "He who unjustly hideth his hands in his bosom will not even apply them to his mouth;" i.e. he who will not work will never feed himself.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(24) A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom.--Better, in the dish that stood in the middle of the table at an Oriental dinner, into which the guests dipped their hands to take out the food for themselves (Matthew 26:23).
