| 23. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Proverbs 14:23:1 ⧉בְּכָל־עֶ֭צֶבbekholetsevin all toil Proverbs 14:23:2 ⧉יִהְיֶ֣הyihyeyethere will be Proverbs 14:23:3 ⧉מוֹתָ֑רmotarprofit or advantage Proverbs 14:23:4 ⧉וּדְבַר־שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִםudevarsefatayimbut word of lips Proverbs 14:23:5 ⧉אַךְ־לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃akhlemakhsoronly to lack or poverty |
| 23. Formal Translation In all labor there is profit, but the speech of the lips leads only to want. |
| 23. Dynamic Translation Hard work produces profit, but talk by itself ends in poverty. |