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Proverbs 21:25 — King James Version← Study notes

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.


Proverbs 21:25Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Proverbs 21:257 words
HebrewMeaning
תַּאֲוַ֣תtaʾăwat
daintynounH8378
desire · exceedingly · greedily · lust ···
עָצֵ֣לʿāṣēl
slothfuladjH6102
sluggard
תְּמִיתֶ֑/נּוּtəmiytenw
dead (bodyverbH4191
at all · crying · man · one) ···
כִּֽיkiy
andconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מֵאֲנ֖וּmēʾănw
refuseverbH3985
utterly
יָדָ֣י/וyādāyw
handnounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
לַ/עֲשֽׂוֹתlaʿăśwōt
accomplishpronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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