Proverbs 23:21

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־סֹבֵ֣א וְ֭זוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵ֑שׁ וּ֝קְרָעִ֗ים תַּלְבִּ֥ישׁ נוּמָֽה׃

Transliteration

For sōḇēʾ and zôlēl yiwwārēš, and qǝrāʿîm talbîš nûmāh.

Grammar Details

• *sōḇēʾ*: qal participle, masculine singular - drunkard
• *zôlēl*: qal participle, masculine singular - glutton
• *yiwwārēš*: niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - will become poor/impoverished
• *qǝrāʿîm*: noun, masculine plural - rags/tatters
• *talbîš*: hiphil imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - will clothe
• *nûmāh*: noun, feminine singular - drowsiness/slumber

Word Meanings

• *sōḇēʾ*: drunkard/heavy drinker
• *zôlēl*: glutton/one who gorges
• *yiwwārēš*: will become poor/will be impoverished
• *qǝrāʿîm talbîš nûmāh*: drowsiness will clothe in rags/slumber brings tatters

Referenced Verses

• Prov 21:17 : 17 He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
• Deut 21:20 : 20 and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
• Phil 3:19 : 19 whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and [whose] glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
• Prov 6:9-9 : 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 [ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
• Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
• 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.
• Isa 28:1-3 : 1 Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine! 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one; as a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, as a tempest of mighty waters overflowing, will he cast down to the earth with the hand. 3 The crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim shall be trodden under foot:
• Joel 1:5 : 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
• 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 but as it is, I wrote unto you not to keep company, if any man that is named a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such a one no, not to eat.
• 1 Cor 6:10 : 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
• Gal 5:21 : 21 envyings, {G5408} drunkenness, revellings, and such like; of which I forewarn you, even as I did {G2532} forewarn you, that they who practise such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.