He who labours, labours for himself, For his mouth drives him on.
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; For his mouth craveth it of him.
The appetite of the laborer works for him, for [the need of] his mouth urges him on.
The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
The appetite of workers labors for them, for their hunger presses them on.
The soul of the laborer labors for himself, because his mouth has driven him to it.
The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.
In all labour there is profit, But talk of the lips leads only to poverty.
There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death
A man of Beliya‛al plots evil, And on his lips it is like a burning fire.
If you have become wise, You have become wise for yourself, And if you have scoffed, You alone bear it.
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not satisfied.