Proverbs 20:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

Young's Literal Translation
Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

King James Bible
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg {08675;07592:08799} in harvest, and [have] nothing.

Hebrew
The sluggard
עָצֵ֣ל (‘ā·ṣêl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6102: Sluggish, lazy

does not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

plow
יַחֲרֹ֑שׁ (ya·ḥă·rōš)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise

in season;
מֵ֭חֹרֶף (mê·ḥō·rep̄)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2779: The crop gathered, the autumn, season, ripeness of age

at harvest time
בַּקָּצִ֣יר (baq·qā·ṣîr)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb

he looks,
וְשָׁאַ֖ל (wə·šā·’al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

but nothing is there.
וָאָֽיִן׃ (wā·’ā·yin)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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