Proverbs 20:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

plow. Plowing always done during the early rains.

cold. autumn. Put by Figure of speech Metalepsis, "cold" put for Autumn, and "Autumn" put for abundance of fruits possessed at that time.

Therefore. This word is read in the text in some codices, with five early printed editions.

Proverbs 20:4

4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;a therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.