The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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Gill's Exposition
The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold,.... Or, "in the cold"; in the time of cold, as Aben Ezra; in the time of autumn, which is the time of ploughing, when it begins to be cold weather,…
Barnes' Notes
Plowing time in Palestine is in November and December, when the wind blows commonly from the North.
Matthew Henry
See here the evil of slothfulness and the love of ease. 1. It keeps men from the most necessary business, from ploughing and sowing when the season is: The sluggard has ground to occupy, and has…
Cambridge Bible
cold Rather, winter, A.V. marg. and R.V. See Gen 8:22, where the Heb. word here used is rendered "winter," and another Heb. word is used for "cold."
beg This rendering, which is retained in R.V. text,…
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