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The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; For his mouth urges him on.
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Hunger Motivates Work
Commentators agree that the verse's primary meaning is about the human condition. A person's physical appetite and basic needs ("his mouth") are a powerful, built-in motivation that "urges him" to labor. As one scholar notes, hunger is the spring of all hearty labor.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He that laboreth - literally, as in the margin, that is, “The desire of the laborer labors for him” (or, helps him in his work), “for his mo…
19th Century
Anglican
He who labors labors for himself.— Rather, the desire, or hunger, of the laborer labors for him, for his mouth urges him on;<…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that laboureth, laboureth for himself Man is born for labour; it is a part of the curse inflicted on him for sin; and …
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We must labor for the meat which endures to everlasting life, or we must perish.
