Proverbs 12:11
WEB
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.
BSB
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
KJV
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H5647
v — work, serve, till, enslave
Derivation: a primitive root;
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
KJV: × be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
vb — work
עָבַד 290 vb. work, serve
Qal
1. labour, work, do work
2. work for another, serve him by labour
3. serve as subjects
4. serve God
5. serve י׳ with Levitical service
Niph.
1. be tilled, of land
2. dub. cultivated field
Pu. worked
Hiph.
1. compel to labour as slaves
2. make to serve as subjects
3. cause to serve God
Hoph. be led or enticed to serve
H127
n-f — soil
Derivation: from 119;
soil (from its general redness)
KJV: country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.
n.f — Adamah
אֲדָמָה 224 n.f. ground, land (as tilled)
1. ground (as tilled, yielding sustenance)
2. piece of ground, landed property
3. earth as material substance
4. ground as earth's visible surface
5. land, territory, country
6. whole earth, inhabited earth
7. n. pr. loc. city in Naphtali
H7646
v — sate, fill
Derivation: or שָׂבֵעַ; a primitive root;
to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
KJV: have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.
vb — be sated
[שָׂבֵעַ], שָׂבַע 96 vb. be sated, satisfied, surfeited
Qal 79
1. be sated (with food), esp. human subj.
2. more gen., be sated, have desire satisfied
3. have in excess, be surfeited with
Niph. Pt. sated
Pi. satisfy
Hiph.
1.
a. satisfy (esp. with material blessings), subj. י׳
b. c. acc. of food pers., י׳ subj.
c. י׳ subj.
d. י׳ subj., c. acc. of beasts
2. enrich
3. sate, glut (with the undesired)
H3899
n-m — food, bread, grain
Derivation: from 3898; See also 1036
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV: (shew-) bread, × eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
n.m — bread
לֶ֫חֶם 296 n.m. and (rarely) f. bread, food
H7291
v — run after, gone by
Derivation: a primitive root;
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by)
KJV: chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
vb — pursue
רָדַף 141 vb. pursue, chase, persecute
Qal 128
1.
a. pursue
b. lit. put to flight, chase
c. lit., the pursuers
d. chase, hunt
e. pursue
f. fig. persecute, harass
g. pursue, dog
2. fig. follow after, aim to secure
Niph. upon the neck (i.e. closely) we are pursued
Pi. pursue ardently
Pu. it shall be chased away like chaff of the mountains
Hiph. usu. they chased him
H7386
a — empty, worthless
Derivation: or (shorter) רֵק; from 7324;
empty; figuratively, worthless
KJV: emptied(-ty), vain (fellow, man).
adj — empty
[רֵיק], רֵק adj. empty, vain
H2638
a — lacking, without
Derivation: from 2637;
lacking; hence, without
KJV: destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.
adj — needy
חָסֵר adj. needy, lacking, in want of
H3820
n-m — heart, feelings, will, intellect, centre
Derivation: a form of 3824;
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV: care for, comfortably, consent, × considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), × heed, × I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), × regard(-ed), × themselves, × unawares, understanding, × well, willingly, wisdom.
n.m — inner man
לֵב 599 n.m. (f.) inner man, mind, will, heart
I. seldom of things in the midst of the sea
II. elsewhere of men
1. the inner man in contrast with the outer
2. the inner man, indef., soul, comprehending mind, affections and will
3. specific reference to mind
4. spec. ref. to inclinations, resolutions and determinations of the will
5. spec. ref. to conscience
6. [various]
7. for the man himself
8. as seat of appetites
9. as seat of emotions and passions
10. seat of courage
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Verse 11
Proverbs 12:11
Note, 1. It is men's wisdom to mind their business and follow an honest calling, for that is the way, by the blessing of God, to get a livelihood: He that tills his land, of which he is either the owner or the occupant, that keeps to his word and is willing to take pains, if he do not raise an estate by it (what need is there of that?), yet he shall be satisfied with bread, shall have food convenient for himself and his family, enough to bear his charges comfortably through the world. Even the sentence of wrath has this mercy in it, Thou shalt eat bread, though it be in the sweat of thy face. Cain was denied this, Gen 4:12. Be busy, and that is the true way to be easy. Keep thy shop and thy shop will keep thee. Thou shalt eat the labour of thy hands. 2. It is men's folly to neglect their business. Those are void of understanding that do so, for then they fall in with idle companions and follow them in their evil courses, and so come to want bread, at least bread of their own, and make themselves burdensome to others, eating the bread out of other people's mouths.
Cross-references: Gen 4:12