Revised Literal Translation
Proverbs 19:15
15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 19:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- New International Version (NIV)Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.
Context of Proverbs 19:15
13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. 14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from Yhwh. Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. 16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. 17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Yhwh; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:15 word by word
עַ֭צְלָה תַּפִּ֣יל תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ רְמִיָּ֣ה תִרְעָֽב׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:15
- Proverbs 19:24A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
- Proverbs 6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- Proverbs 20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
- Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
- Proverbs 24:33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
- Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
- Romans 13:11And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
- Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
- Proverbs 10:4He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Into a deep sleep - תרדמה tardemah, the same into which Adam was thrown, before Eve was taken from his side. Sloth renders a man utterly unconscious of all his interests. Though he has frequently felt hunger, yet he is regardless that his continual slothfulness must necessarily plunge him into more sufferings.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Casteth into a deep sleep - Better, causeth deep sleep to fall.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15Verse 15 A sluggish, slothful disposition makes men poor; it brings them to want. And this applies both to the present life and that which is to come.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. a deep sleep--a state of utter indifference. idle soul--or, "person" (compare Pr 10:4; 12:24).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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