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Proverbios 12:24
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La mano de los diligentes gobernará, pero la indolencia será sujeta a trabajos forzados.
La mano de los diligentes se�orear�; mas la negligencia ser� tributaria.
La mano de los diligentes se ense�orear�; mas la negligencia ser� tributaria.
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hand: Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 13:4, Proverbs 17:2, Proverbs 22:29, 1 Kings 11:28, 1 Kings 12:20
but: Proverbs 12:27, Proverbs 19:15, Proverbs 21:25, Proverbs 21:26, Proverbs 22:13, Proverbs 24:30-34, Proverbs 26:13-16
slothful: or, deceitful
Reciprocal: Proverbs 14:23 - all Proverbs 26:14 - General Ecclesiastes 10:18 - General Hebrews 6:12 - ye
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The hand of the diligent shall bear rule,.... "Shall become rich", so Jarchi interprets it, according to Proverbs 10:4; Through diligence men get riches, and through riches they arrive to power and authority over others: from apprentices and journeymen workmen they become masters of their business; diligent men become masters of families, and have servants and workmen under them; become magistrates in cities, and bear rule over their fellow citizens, and are advanced to places of power and authority in the commonwealth; see Proverbs 22:29;
but the slothful shall be under tribute; the "slothful" or "deceitful hand" l, for so it may be rendered and supplied; for usually such who are slothful, and do not care for business, get their living by deceitful methods, by tricking and sharping; and such become subject to others, to them that are diligent; hence said to be "under tribute", or tributary; because those that are tributary are in subjection to those to whom they pay tribute.
l "Manus fraudulentiae", Michaelis; "dolosa", Montanus, Junius Tremellius, Mercerus, Gejerus "fraudulenta", Tigurine version, Vatablus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Under tribute - The comparison is probably suggested by the contrast between the condition of a conquered race (compare Joshua 16:10; Judges 1:30-33), and that of the freedom of their conquerors from such burdens. The proverb indicates that beyond all political divisions of this nature there lies an ethical law. The “slothful” descend inevitably to pauperism and servitude. The prominence of compulsory labor under Solomon 1 Kings 9:21 gives a special significance to the illustration.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 12:24. The hand of the diligent shall bear rule — And why? because by his own industry he is independent; and every such person is respected wherever found.
