The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

The soul of the sluggard (Hebrew, the soul of him, the sluggard) desireth, and (hath) nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat - (.) The sluggard desires abundance, and does nothing more: he makes no diligent effort to effect his desire. When labour is laid aside, the desires are let loose; but they are restrained by doing work (cf. ).

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