Proverbs 12:11
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.

Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is tilling the ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoso is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,

King James Bible
He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.

Hebrew
He who works
עֹבֵ֣ד (‘ō·ḇêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

his land
אַ֭דְמָתוֹ (’aḏ·mā·ṯōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 127: Ground, land

will have plenty of
יִֽשְׂבַּֽע־ (yiś·ba‘-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited

food,
לָ֑חֶם (lā·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

but whoever chases
וּמְרַדֵּ֖ף (ū·mə·rad·dêp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

fantasies
רֵיקִ֣ים (rê·qîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7386: Empty, worthless

lacks
חֲסַר־ (ḥă·sar-)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2638: Needy, lacking, in want of

judgment.
לֵֽב׃ (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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