Proverbs 14:23
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- 58 The Hebrew term עֶצֶב (’etsev, “painful toil; labor”) is first used in scripture in Gen 3:19 to describe the effects of the Fall. The point here is that people should be more afraid of idle talk than of hard labor.
- 59 Heb “word of lips.” This construct phrase features a genitive of source (“a word from the lips”) or a subjective genitive (“speaking a word”). Talk without work (which produces nothing) is contrasted with labor that produces something.
- 60 The term “brings” does not appear in the Hebrew, but is supplied in the translation for clarity and smoothness.
- 61 The noun מַחְסוֹר (makhsor, “need; thing needed; poverty”) comes from the verb “to lack; to be lacking; to decrease; to need.” A person given to idle talk rather than industrious work will have needs that go unmet.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
In all toil there is profit,
but mere talk tends only to poverty.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
All hard work brings a profit,
but mere talk leads only to poverty.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
There is profit in all hard work,
but endless talk leads only to poverty.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Work brings profit,
but mere talk leads to poverty!
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
In all toil, there is profit,
but the talk of lips leads only to poverty.
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KJV 1900King James Version
In all labour there is profit:
But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
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