Proverbs 16:26

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נֶ֣פֶשׁ עָ֭מֵל עָ֣מְלָה לּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־אָכַ֖ף עָלָ֣יו פִּֽיהוּ׃

Transliteration

nepeš ʿāmēl ʿāmᵉlāh for-him for ʾākap on-him pîhû

Grammar Details

*nepeš*: noun, feminine, singular construct - soul/appetite of
*ʿāmēl*: verb, Qal participle, masculine singular - laborer/worker
*ʿāmᵉlāh*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd feminine singular - labors/toils
*lô*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - for him
*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*ʾākap*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - urges/presses
*ʿālāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - on him
*pîhû*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his mouth

Word Meanings

*ʿāmēl*: laborer/worker/toiler
*ʿāmᵉlāh*: labors/toils/works hard
*ʾākap*: urges/presses/compels

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Eccl 6:7 : 7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
1 Thess 4:11-12 : 11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; 12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
2 Thess 3:8-9 : 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: 9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Prov 9:12 : 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
Prov 14:23 : 23 In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

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