Proverbs · מִשְׁלֵי

Proverbs 20:4

מֵחֹ֗רֶף עָ֭צֵל לֹ֣א יַחֲרֹ֑שׁ יִ֝שְׁאַ֗ל בַּקָּצִ֥יר וָאָֽיִן׃
King James Version (KJV)

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Modern English

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

Hebrew

מֵחֹ֗רֶף עָ֭צֵל לֹ֣א יַחֲרֹ֑שׁ יִ֝שְׁאַ֗ל בַּקָּצִ֥יר וָאָֽיִן׃

meḥoref ʿaṣel loʾ yaḥarosh yishʾal baqaṣiyr vaʾayin

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