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Proverbs 18:9

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

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גַּ֭םgamalsoגַּםparticle, affirmation — “also”H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...andagain, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.מִתְרַפֶּ֣הmitrapehabateרָפָהverb, hithpael, participle, absolute — “abate”, a verb used as a describing wordH7503to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)abate, cease, consume, draw (toward evening), fail, (be) faint, be (wax) feeble, forsake, idle, leave, let alone (go, down), (be) slack, stay, be still, be slothful, (be) weak(-en). See H7495 (רָפָא).בִמְלַאכְתּ֑וֹvimlakhtvoin work , -manshipמְלָאכָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in work , -manship”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4399properly, deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)business, [phrase] cattle, [phrase] industrious, occupation, ([phrase] -pied), [phrase] officer, thing (made), use, (manner of) work((-man), -manship).אָ֥חachbrother ; kindredאָחnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “brother ; kindred”, the ordinary formH251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. Compare also the proper names beginning with 'Ah-' or 'Ahi-'.ה֝֗וּאhuas for herהוּאpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.לְבַ֣עַלlevaalto husbandבַּעַלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “to husband”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)[phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath i…מַשְׁחִֽיתmashchitbatterשָׁחַתnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “batter”, the ordinary formH7843to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Even one that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.

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American Standard Version (1901)

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Young’s Literal Translation

He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he [is] to a destroyer.

World English Bible

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Darby Translation

He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.

Douay-Rheims

He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Even one that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

A man who helps not himself by his labour is brother of him that ruins himself.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ μὴ ἰώμενος αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ, ἀδελφός ἐστι τοῦ λυμαινομένου ἑαυτόν.