He may prepare it, but the just will wear it And the innocent will divide the silver.
Original word: מְקָרֶה
Transliteration: meqareh
Definition (short): rafters
Definition (full): something meeting, a frame
Definition: beam work
NASB Translation: rafters (1).
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qarah; properly, something meeting, i.e. A frame (of timbers) -- building.
see HEBREW qarah
KJV:
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
NASB:
Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.