Ecclesiastes 14:23

Nova Vulgata

In omni labore erit abundantia; verbum autem labiorum tendit tantummodo ad egestatem.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
In omni opere erit abundantia ; ubi autem verba sunt plurima, ibi frequenter egestas.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
In omni opere erit abundantia;
ubi autem verba sunt plurima, ibi frequenter egestas.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all: Proverbs 12:24, Proverbs 28:19, John 6:27, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 6:11

but: Proverbs 10:10, Ecclesiastes 5:3, 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12, 1 Timothy 5:13

Reciprocal: Judges 19:16 - his work Job 28:10 - every precious thing Proverbs 10:8 - but Proverbs 12:11 - tilleth Proverbs 16:26 - laboureth Ecclesiastes 3:9 - General Isaiah 19:15 - General Ephesians 4:28 - labour

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In all labour there is profit,.... Or "abundance" u; much is got by it, food, raiment, riches, wealth, wisdom, honour; either with the labour of the hands or head, and nothing is to be got without labour; and he that is laborious in his calling, whether it be by manual operation, working with his hands that which is good; or by hard study, much reading, and constant meditation, is like to gain much for his own use and the good of others;

but the talk of the lips [tendeth] only to penury; or "want" w, of food and raiment, the common necessaries of life; a man that spends his time in idle talk, boasting of what he can do and does, and yet does nothing, is in a fair way to come to beggary: so all talk about wisdom, and knowledge, and religion, without making use of the proper means of improvement, tends to the poverty of the mind; and generally they are most empty of knowledge, natural or spiritual, that talk and brag most of it; empty casks make the greatest sound; good discourse, wholesome words, sound doctrine, thoroughly digested, tend indeed to edification, to the enriching of the mind; but vain words, the enticing words of men's wisdom; logomachies, striving about words to no profit; and all great swelling words of vanity, which are all mere lip labour; they tend to spiritual poverty and leanness of soul.

u מותר "abundantia", Tigurine version, Baynus, Mercerus, Gejerus. w למחסור "ad defectum", Pagninus, Montanus; "ad egestatem", Tigurine version, Piscator, Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The contrast between a single, thorough deed, and the mere emptiness of speech.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 14:23. In all labour there is profit — If a man work at his trade, he gains by it; if he cultivate the earth, it will yield an increase; and in proportion as he labours, so will be his profit: but he who talks much labours little. And a man of words is seldom a man of deeds. Less talk and more work, is one of our own ancient advices.