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Proverbs 12:11

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, But he who pursues worthless [things] lacks sense.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] is void of understanding.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread; But he that followeth after vain [persons] is void of understanding.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— He that tilleth his land, shall be filled with food, but, he that runneth after worthless men, lacketh sense.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish. He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— He that tilleth his lande, shalbe satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, is destitute of vnderstanding.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Hee that tilleth his land, shall bee satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vaine persons, [is] void of vnderstanding.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He who tills his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he who follows vain pursuits lacks understanding.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— He that tills his own land shall be satisfied with bread; but they that pursue vanities are void of understanding. He that enjoys himself in banquets of wine, shall leave dishonour in his own strong holds.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
He that tilleth 5647
{5647} Prime
עָבַד
`abad
{aw-bad'}
A primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
his land 127
{0127} Prime
אֲדָמָה
'adamah
{ad-aw-maw'}
From H0119; soil (from its general redness).
shall be satisfied 7646
{7646} Prime
שָׂבַע
saba`
{saw-bah'}
A primitive root; to sate, that is, fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
with bread: 3899
{3899} Prime
לֶחֶם
lechem
{lekh'-em}
From H3898; food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it).
but he that followeth 7291
{7291} Prime
רָדַף
radaph
{raw-daf'}
A primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by).
z8764
<8764> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Participle (See H8813)
Count - 685
vain 7386
{7386} Prime
רֵיק
reyq
{rake}
From H7324; empty; figuratively worthless.
[persons is] void 2638
{2638} Prime
חָסֵר
chacer
{khaw-sare'}
From H2637; lacking; hence without.
of understanding. 3820
{3820} Prime
לֵב
leb
{labe}
A form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Proverbs 12:11

_ _ The idler’s fate is the result of indolence and want of principle (Proverbs 6:32; Proverbs 7:7).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

Proverbs 12:11

_ _ Note, 1. It is men's wisdom to mind their business and follow an honest calling, for that is the way, by the blessing of God, to get a livelihood: He that tills his land, of which he is either the owner or the occupant, that keeps to his word and is willing to take pains, if he do not raise an estate by it (what need is there of that?), yet he shall be satisfied with bread, shall have food convenient for himself and his family, enough to bear his charges comfortably through the world. Even the sentence of wrath has this mercy in it, Thou shalt eat bread, though it be in the sweat of thy face. Cain was denied this, Genesis 4:12. Be busy, and that is the true way to be easy. Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee. Thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands. 2. It is men's folly to neglect their business. Those are void of understanding that do so, for then they fall in with idle companions and follow them in their evil courses, and so come to want bread, at least bread of their own, and make themselves burdensome to others, eating the bread out of other people's mouths.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 12:11

Tilleth — That employs his time in an honest calling. Vain persons — In an idle course of living.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
tilleth:

Proverbs 13:23 Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.
Proverbs 14:4 Where no oxen [are], the crib [is] clean: but much increase [is] by the strength of the ox.
Proverbs 14:23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury.
Proverbs 27:27 And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for thy maidens.
Proverbs 28:19 He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain [persons] shall have poverty enough.
Genesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.
Psalms 128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.
Ephesians 4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; ... That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and [that] ye may have lack of nothing.
2 Thessalonians 3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

he that followeth:

Proverbs 1:10-19 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. ... So [are] the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; [which] taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
Proverbs 4:14-15 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil [men]. ... Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Proverbs 6:32 [But] whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he [that] doeth it destroyeth his own soul.
Proverbs 7:7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
Proverbs 9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 9:13 A foolish woman [is] clamorous: [she is] simple, and knoweth nothing.
Proverbs 9:16 Whoso [is] simple, let him turn in hither: and [as for] him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
Proverbs 13:20 He that walketh with wise [men] shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Judges 9:4 And they gave him threescore and ten [pieces] of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him.
Psalms 26:4 I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers.
Jonah 2:8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Titus 1:10-11 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: ... Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
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Gn 3:19. Jg 9:4. Ps 26:4; 128:2. Pv 1:10; 4:14; 6:32; 7:7; 9:6, 13, 16; 13:20, 23; 14:4, 23; 27:27; 28:19. Jna 2:8. Ep 4:28. 1Th 4:11. 2Th 3:8. Tit 1:10.

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