Proverbs 16:26
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
KJV
Anima laborantis laborat sibi, quia compulit eum os suum.
Vulgate
ἀνὴρ ἐν πόνοις πονεῖ ἑαυτῷ καὶ ἐκβιάζεται ἑαυτοῦ τὴν ἀπώλειαν· ὁ μέντοι σκολιὸς ἐπὶ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ στόματι φορεῖ τὴν ἀπώλειαν.
LXX
The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
ASV
נֶ֣פֶשׁ עָ֭מֵל עָ֣מְלָה לּ֑/וֹ כִּֽי אָכַ֖ף עָלָ֣י/ו פִּֽי/הוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אָכַ֖ף
'kp
verb · 1×
י
y
noun · 752×
י
y
noun · 496×
יַּעֲמֹ֖ל
y'ml
verb · 11×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָמֵ֖ל
'ml
noun · 9×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Thess 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:
- Eccl 6:7 — All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
- Eccl 6:7 — All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
- Prov 9:12 — If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
- Prov 9:12 — If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
- Prov 14:23 — In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.