The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
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Gill's Exposition
The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting,.... Because he takes none. The slothful man takes no pains to get anything for a livelihood, by hunting or otherwise; and though he loves…
Barnes' Notes
The word rendered “roasteth” occurs nowhere else; but the interpretation of the King James Version is widely adopted. Others render the first clause thus: “The slothful man will not secure (keep in…
Matthew Henry
Here is, 1. That which may make us hate slothfulness and deceit, for the word here, as before, signifies both: The slothful deceitful man has roast meat, but that which he roasts is not what he…
Cambridge Bible
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),…