Proverbs 10:5

sleepeth Sleeps heavily, goes fast to sleep. Stertit, Vulg. Comp. Jonah 1:5-6, where the Heb. word is the same.

This is an example of an exactly balanced proverb in the wording of the two clauses, especially if with R.V. marg. we render literally, a son that doeth wisely … that doeth shamefully.

The LXX., having introduced another proverb at the beginning of this verse:

"A son who receives instruction shall be wise,

And shall serve himself of the fool as his minister,"

gives as the equivalent of our present proverb,

"A prudent son shall be saved from the heat,

But a son that is a transgressor shall be carried away by the wind in harvest."