Proverbs 26:14

26:14 Like ¹  a door that turns on its hinges, ² 

so a sluggard turns ³  on his bed.

Proverbs 8:34

8:34 Blessed is the one ⁴  who listens to me,

watching ⁵  at my doors day by day,

waiting ⁶  beside my doorway. ⁷ 

[26:14]  ¹ tn The comparative “like” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied from context in the translation.

[26:14]  ² sn The sluggard is too lazy to get out of bed – although he would probably rationalize this by saying that he is not at his best in the morning. The humor of the verse is based on an analogy with a door – it moves back and forth on its hinges but goes nowhere. Like the door to the wall, the sluggard is “hinged” to his bed (e.g., Prov 6:9-10; 24:33).

[26:14]  ³ tn The term “turns” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation from the parallelism.

[8:34]  ⁴ tn Heb “the man.”

[8:34]  ⁵ tn The form לִשְׁקֹד (lishqod) is the infinitive construct serving epexegetically in the sentence. It explains how the person will listen to wisdom.

[8:34]  ⁶ tn Heb “keeping” or “guarding.”

[8:34]  ⁷ tn Heb “at the posts of my doors” (so KJV, ASV).