A slothful [man] hideth his hand in [his] bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Ver. 24. A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom.] The Latins say, He wraps it in his cloak; Manum habet sub pallio, He puts it in his pocket, say we. Erewhiles we had him fast asleep; and here going about his business, as if he were still asleep; so lazy that any the least labour is grievous to him, he can hardly find in his heart to feed himself, so to uphold the life of his hands, which he should maintain with "the labour of his hands" 2Th 3:10 and with "the sweat of his brow." Gen 3:19 Very sucklings get not their milk without much tugging and tiring themselves at the dug.