"I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me.
Original word: עַצְלָה
Transliteration: atslah
Definition (short): indolence
Definition (full): sluggishness
Definition: sluggishness
NASB Translation: indolence (1), laziness (1).
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Feminine of
atsel; (as abstractly) indolence -- slothfulness.
see HEBREW atsel
KJV:
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
NASB:
Laziness casts into a deep sleep, And an idle man will suffer hunger.
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.