Proverbs 23:21

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall 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 destruction, whose God is their 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 one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
• Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
• Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, 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 one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
• Isa 28:1-3 : 1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! 2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. 3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet:
• Joel 1:5 : 5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.
• 1 Cor 5:11 : 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an 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, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.