Proverbs 12:27

roasteth not i.e. will not take the trouble to dress the animal which he has caught; or, better, never catches an animal to dress.

Others, however, would render the word (which occurs nowhere else), catcheth not(R.V. marg.), or, killeth not(Maurer) his prey, οὐκ ἐπιτεύξεται, "will not (take the trouble to) catch," LXX.

the substance&c. Rather, the precious substance of men is to the diligent, R.V. text; or, is to be diligent, R.V. marg.; the diligent temperament is itself the treasure; κτῆμα δὲ τίμιον ἀνὴρ καθαρός, a precious possession is a man that is pure, LXX.