Proverbs 16 · Verse 26

Proverbs 16:26

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

Proverbs 16:26, King James Version

Proverbs 16:26 in other translations

BSB	A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
WEB	The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him on.
ASV	The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
YLT	A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused him to bend over it.
DARBY	The appetite of the labourer laboureth for him, for his mouth urgeth him on.
BBE	The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
Webster	He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

26. Diligence is a duty due to one's self, for his wants require labor.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 26 He that laboureth - No thanks to a man for his labor and industry; if he do not work he must starve.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

We must labour for the meat which endureth to everlasting life, or we must perish.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

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נֶ֣פֶשׁNe.fesh[the] appetite ofH5315

עָ֭מֵל'A.mela laborerH6001

עָ֣מְלָה'A.me.lahit laborsH5998

לּ֑וֹlofor him

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588

אָכַ֖ף'a.Khafit pressesH404

עָלָ֣יו'a.Lavon himH5921

פִּֽיהוּ\׃Pi.humouth hisH6310

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

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

He. Heb. The soul of him. laboureth.
9:12; 14:23; Ec 6:7; 1Th 4:11,12; 2Th 3:8-12
craveth it of him. Heb. boweth unto him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
Proverbs 16:26
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
Proverbs 16:27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	El alma del que trabaja, trabaja para sí; porque su boca le constriñe.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	L’âme de celui qui travaille, travaille pour lui, car sa bouche l’y contraint.
German Elberfelder 1871	Des Arbeiters Hunger arbeitet für ihn, denn sein Mund spornt ihn an.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Anima laborantis laborat sibi, quia compulit eum os suum.