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Proverbs 23:21

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe [one] with rags.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— For, the tippler and the glutton, shall come to poverty, and, rags, shall Slumber put on!
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Because they that give themselves to drinking, and that club together, shall be consumed: and drowsiness shall be clothed with rags.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to pouerty; and drousinesse shall cloath [a man] with ragges.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— For the drunkard and the gluttonous shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— for every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; and every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
For x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
the drunkard 5433
{5433} Prime
סָבָא
caba'
{saw-baw'}
A primitive root; to quaff to satiety, that is, become tipsy.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
and the glutton 2151
{2151} Prime
זָלַל
zalal
{zaw-lal'}
A primitive root (compare H2107); to shake (as in the wind), that is, to quake; figuratively to be loose morally, worthless or prodigal.
z8802
<8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386
shall come to poverty: 3423
{3423} Prime
יָרַשׁ
yarash
{yaw-rash'}
A primitive root; to occupy (be driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.
z8735
<8735> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 1602
and drowsiness 5124
{5124} Prime
נוּמָה
nuwmah
{noo-maw'}
From H5123; sleepiness.
shall clothe 3847
{3847} Prime
לָבַשׁ
labash
{law-bash'}
A primitive root; properly wrap around, that is, (by implication) to put on a garment or clothe (oneself, or another), literally or figuratively.
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
[a man] with rags. 7168
{7168} Prime
קֶרַע
qera`
{keh'-rah}
From H7167; a rag.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 23:19-21.


Proverbs 23:21

_ _ drowsiness — the dreamy sleep of the slothful.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 23:19-28.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
the drunkard:

Proverbs 21:17 He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Deuteronomy 21:20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son [is] stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; [he is] a glutton, and a drunkard.
Isaiah 28:1-3 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty [is] a fading flower, which [are] on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! ... The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
Joel 1:5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
1 Corinthians 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
1 Corinthians 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Galatians 5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Philippians 3:19 Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)

drowsiness:

Proverbs 6:9-11 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? ... So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 24:30-34 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; ... So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Dt 21:20. Pv 6:9; 19:15; 21:17; 24:30. Is 28:1. Jol 1:5. 1Co 5:11; 6:10. Ga 5:21. Php 3:19.

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