OET interlinear PRO 20:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

עָצֵ֣ל & וְשָׁאַ֖ל

sluggard & (Some words not found in UHB: in,season sluggard not plow ישאל in/on/at/with,harvest and,nothing )

A lazy one and he here refer to a type of person in general, not a specific person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any lazy person … and that person begs”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מֵ֭⁠חֹרֶף

in,season

The phrase from winter refers to the time when the people in Solomon’s area would prepare their fields to grow crops. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “during the proper time to plow”

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וְשָׁאַ֖ל

(Some words not found in UHB: in,season sluggard not plow ישאל in/on/at/with,harvest and,nothing )

Here, and introduces the result of what happened in the previous verse. Use the most natural way in your language to indicate results. You may need to start a new sentence. Alternate translation: “and it causes him to beg”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְשָׁאַ֖ל

(Some words not found in UHB: in,season sluggard not plow ישאל in/on/at/with,harvest and,nothing )

Here Solomon refers to a lazy one looking carefully for crops in his field as if he were begging the field to provide crops. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and he searches his fields carefully for crops”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בַּ⁠קָּצִ֣יר

in/on/at/with,harvest

Here, the harvest refers to the time of yearwhen farmers harvest their crops. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “during the time of year when farmers harvest crops”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וָ⁠אָֽיִן

and,nothing

Here Solomon implies that there is nothing for the lazy one to harvest in the harvest. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “but has nothing to harvest”