Proverbs 6:7

Provideth her meat in the summer,.... Against the winter, of which it is mindful, when it never comes out of its place, having in the summer time got a sufficiency laid up in cells for its use: she…

The words express the wonder with which the Hebrew observer looked on the phenomena of insect life. “Guide,” better captain, as in Jos 10:24. The Septuagint introduces here a corresponding reference…

Solomon, in these verses, addresses himself to the sluggard who loves his ease, lives in idleness, minds no business, sticks to nothing, brings nothing to pass, and in a particular manner is careless…

guide Rather, chief, R.V. (judge, marg.) to appoint its work. LXX. ἐκείνῳ γὰρ γεωργίου μὴ ὑπάρχοντος, in keeping with "the summer" and "the harvest" of the next verse.

overseer The Heb. word is used…