The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
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Gill's Exposition
The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit,.... It is a sort of a solecism, a kind of a contradiction in terms for a sluggard to be wise, who is so slothful as to make no use of the means of getting…
Barnes' Notes
Seven - The definite number used for the indefinite (compare Pro 24:16). Reason - Better, a right judgment.
Matthew Henry
Observe, 1. The high opinion which the sluggard has of himself, notwithstanding the gross absurdity and folly of his slothfulness: He thinks himself wiser than seven men, than seven wise men, for they…
Cambridge Bible
sluggard The A.V. after rendering the Heb. word (which is the same in all four verses), slothful, three times, here changes it to sluggard. It is better to keep one word throughout.
render a reason…