Proverbs 6:7

Which having no katzin (officer, leader) 1 or shoter (policeman) or moshel, 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

In Context

6Go to the nemalah (ant), thou atzel (sluggard, lazy one); 1 consider her drakhim (ways), and be chacham (wise); 1

8Prepareth her lechem in the kayitz (summer), 1 and gathereth her food in the katzir (harvest). 1

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Cross References

Job 38:39Wilt thou hunt the teref for the lioness, 1 or fill the appetite of her whelps, 1

Job 41:4I will not keep silent about his members, 1 nor his gevurah, nor the grace of his form. 1

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:7-12

Slothfulness Reproved. 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. Solomon, in these verses, addresses himself to the sluggard who loves… Read the whole commentary →

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