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OET-LV The_fool [is]_folding DOM hands_his and_consumes DOM flesh_his_own.
UHB הַכְּסִיל֙ חֹבֵ֣ק אֶת־יָדָ֔יו וְאֹכֵ֖ל אֶת־בְּשָׂרֽוֹ׃ ‡
(hakkəşīl ḩoⱱēq ʼet-yādāyv vəʼokēl ʼet-bəsārō.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX Ὁ ἄφρων περιέβαλε τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔφαγε τὰς σάρκας αὐτοῦ.
(Ho afrōn periebale tas ⱪeiras autou, kai efage tas sarkas autou. )
BrTr The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.
ULT The fool is folding his hands
⇔ and is eating his flesh.
UST Foolish people refuse to work.
⇔ They sit idly with their hands folded and do not work.
⇔ So they ruin themselves.
BSB ⇔ The fool folds his hands
⇔ and consumes his own flesh.
OEB The fool foldeth his hands,
⇔ And his own flesh he devoureth.
WEBBE The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET The fool folds his hands and does no work,
⇔ so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.
LSV The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:
FBV Fools fold their arms and do nothing—so in the end they're all used up.
T4T ⇔ Foolish people refuse to work;
⇔ they sit idly, with their hands folded, and do not work.
⇔ So they ruin themselves.
LEB • so he has nothing to eat except his own skin[fn]
4:4 Literally “The fool folds his hands and eats his flesh”
BBE The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.
Moff No Moff ECC book available
JPS The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
ASV The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
DRA The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh, saying:
YLT The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:
Drby The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
RV The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Wbstr The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
KJB-1769 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
KJB-1611 [fn]The foole foldeth his hands together, and eateth his owne flesh.
(The foole foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.)
4:5 Prou.6.10 and 24.33.
Bshps The foole foldeth his handes together, and eateth vp his owne fleshe.
(The foole foldeth his hands together, and eateth up his own flesh.)
Gnva The foole foldeth his hands, and eateth vp his owne flesh.
(The foole foldeth his hands, and eateth up his own flesh. )
Cvdl The foole foldeth his handes together, & eateth vp his owne flesh.
(The foole foldeth his hands together, and eateth up his own flesh.)
Wycl A fool foldith togidere hise hondis, and etith hise fleischis,
(A fool foldith together his hands, and etith his fleshis,)
Luth Denn ein Narr schlägt die Finger ineinander und frißt sein Fleisch.
(Because a Narr schlägt the Finger ineinander and frißt his flesh.)
ClVg Stultus complicat manus suas, et comedit carnes suas, dicens:
(Stultus complicat hands suas, and comedit carnes suas, saying: )
4:5-6 Fools do not even try to succeed and end up impoverished. Others frantically devote two handfuls—all their time and effort—to hard work in pursuit of fleeting wealth that they will have no time to enjoy (cp. Prov 23:4-5). Wise people practice moderation and contentment (quietness).
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
(Occurrence 0) The fool folds his hands and does not work
(Some words not found in UHB: the,fool folds DOM hands,his and,consumes DOM flesh,his_own )
To fold the hands is a gesture of laziness and is another way of saying that the person refuses to work. Alternate translation: “The fool refuses to work” (See also: figs-parallelism)
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) so his food is his own flesh
(Some words not found in UHB: the,fool folds DOM hands,his and,consumes DOM flesh,his_own )
This speaks of a person destroying himself as if he were eating his own body. Alternate translation: “as a result, he causes his own ruin” or “and as a result, he destroys himself”