Proverbs 12:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַד־חָרוּצִ֥ים תִּמְשׁ֑וֹל ו֝רְמִיָּ֗ה תִּהְיֶ֥ה לָמַֽס׃

Transliteration

yaḏ-ḥărûṣîm timšôl ûrəmiyyāh tihyeh lāmas

Grammar Details

• *yaḏ*: noun, feminine singular construct - hand of
• *ḥărûṣîm*: adjective, masculine plural - diligent ones
• *timšôl*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will rule
• *ûrəmiyyāh*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular - and slothfulness/deceit
• *tihyeh*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - will become
• *lāmas*: preposition + noun, masculine singular - to forced labor/tribute

Word Meanings

• *yāḏ*: hand/power/control
• *ḥărûṣîm*: diligent ones/industrious ones
• *timšôl*: will rule/will have dominion/will govern
• *rəmiyyāh*: slothfulness/deceit/laziness/laxness
• *tihyeh*: will become/will be
• *mas*: forced labor/tribute/task/service

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:4 : 4 He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
• Prov 12:27 : 27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of men [is to] the diligent.
• Prov 21:25-26 : 25 The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor. 26 There is that coveteth greedily all the day long; But the righteous giveth and withholdeth not.
• Prov 22:13 : 13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
• Prov 17:2 : 2 A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.
• Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
• Gen 49:15 : 15 And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork.
• 1 Kgs 11:28 : 28 And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor; and Solomon saw the young man that he was industrious, and he gave him charge over all the labor of the house of Joseph.
• Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
• 1 Kgs 12:20 : 20 And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
• 1 Kgs 9:21 : 21 their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day.
• Prov 22:29 : 29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.
• Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction: 33 [ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; 34 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
• Prov 26:13-16 : 13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets. 14 [ As] the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed. 15 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.