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Proverbs 16:26

He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

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נֶ֣פֶשׁnefeshcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…עָ֭מֵלamelthat labourethעָמֵלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “that laboureth”, the ordinary formH6001toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowfulthat laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman.עָ֣מְלָהamelahlabourעָמַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “labour”, a completed actionH5998to toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomeness(take) labour (in).לּ֑וֹlvotoלּ֑וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toכִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…אָכַ֖ףakhafcraveאָכַףverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “crave”, a completed actionH404to urgecrave.עָלָ֣יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…פִּֽיהוּpihvedgeפֶּהnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “edge”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according toaccord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] s…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The hunger of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth compelleth him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto .

Young’s Literal Translation

A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused [him] to bend over it.

World English Bible

The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him on.

Darby Translation

The appetite of the labourer laboureth for him, for his mouth urgeth him on.

Douay-Rheims

The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The hunger of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth compelleth him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

A man who labours, labours for himself, and drives from him his own ruin.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἀνὴρ ἐν πόνοις πονεῖ ἑαυτῷ, καὶ ἐκβιάζεται τὴν ἀπώλειαν ἑαυτοῦ. Ὁ μέντοι σκολιὸς ἐπὶ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ στόματι φορεῖ τὴν ἀπώλειαν·