SEV Biblia, Chapter 12:24
¶ La mano de los diligentes se enseñoreará; mas la negligencia será tributaria.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 12:24
Verse 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.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 24. The hand of the diligent shall bear rule , etc.] “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” f348 , 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.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 24 - Those who will not take pains in an honest calling, living by trick and dishonesty, are paltry and beggarly.
Original Hebrew
יד 3027 חרוצים 2742 תמשׁול 4910 ורמיה 7423 תהיה 1961 למס׃ 4522
