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Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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עַ֭צְלָהatslahslothfulnessעַצְלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “slothfulness”, the ordinary formH6103(as abstractly) indolenceslothfulness.תַּפִּ֣ילtapilfallנָפַלverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “fall”, an unfinished actionH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…תַּרְדֵּמָ֑הtardemahdeep sleepתַּרְדֵּמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “deep sleep”, the ordinary formH8639a lethargy or (by implication) trancedeep sleep.וְנֶ֖פֶשׁvenefeshand creatureנֶפֶשׁconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and 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,…רְמִיָּ֣הremiyahdeceitרְמִיָּהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “deceit”, the ordinary formH7423remissness, treacherydeceit(-ful, -fully), false, guile, idle, slack, slothful.תִרְעָֽבtiravhungerרָעֵבverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “hunger”, an unfinished actionH7456to hunger(suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Young’s Literal Translation

Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

World English Bible

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Darby Translation

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Douay-Rheims

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Cowardice possesses the effeminate man ; and the soul of the sluggard shall hunger.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Δειλία κατέχει ἀνδρόγυνον, ψυχὴ δὲ ἀεργοῦ πεινάσει.