OET interlinear PRO 23:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

סֹבֵ֣א וְ֭⁠זוֹלֵל

drunkard and,glutton

Here, one who drinks much and one who eats gluttonously refer to types of people in general, not to specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “any person who drinks much and any person who eats gluttonously”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

סֹבֵ֣א וְ֭⁠זוֹלֵל

drunkard and,glutton

The writer implies that these people drink too much wine and gluttonously eat too much meat. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. See how you translated the similar phrases “drinkers of much wine” and “gluttonous eaters of flesh” in the previous verse. Alternate translation: “one who drinks too much wine and one who gluttonously eats too much meat”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וּ֝⁠קְרָעִ֗ים תַּלְבִּ֥ישׁ נוּמָֽה

and,rags clothe drowsiness

Here, the writer refers to people becoming poor because they sleep too much as if slumber were a person who clothes those people with rags. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and they will be clothed with rags because they slept too much”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וּ֝⁠קְרָעִ֗ים תַּלְבִּ֥ישׁ נוּמָֽה

and,rags clothe drowsiness

Here, clothe with rags indicates that a person is so poor that they only have rags for clothing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and slumber will make one so poor that he only has rags to wear”