‏ Proverbs 13:25

25The righteous has enough food to satisfy ▼
▼tn Heb “eats to the abundance of.”
his appetite, ▼
▼tn The noun נֶפֶשׁ (traditionally “soul”; cf. KJV, ASV) here means “appetite” (BDB 660 s.v. 5.a).

but the belly of the wicked will be empty. ▼
▼tn The imperfect verb תֶּחְסָר (tekhsar) is from the stative root סָחַר (sakhar, “to be devoid of, to decrease, to be empty”) and so should be future tense.
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▼sn The wicked may go hungry, or lack all they desire, just as the first colon may mean that what the righteous acquire proves satisfying to them.

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