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Proverbs 21:17

NETBible	The one who loves¹ pleasure² will be³ a poor person;⁴ whoever loves wine and anointing oil⁵ will not be rich.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 21:17	He who loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and oil will never be rich.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 21:17	He who loves pleasure will become a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not become rich.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 21:17	Those who love pleasure become poor; wine and luxury are not the way to riches.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 21:17	You're addicted to thrills? What an empty life! The pursuit of pleasure is never satisfied.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 21:17	The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 21:17	Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want; whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 21:17	He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
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KJV	He that loveth <0157> (8802) pleasure <08057> [shall be] a poor <04270> man <0376>_: he that loveth <0157> (8802) wine <03196> and oil <08081> shall not be rich <06238> (8686)_. {pleasure: or, sport}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 21:17	He who loves <0157> pleasure <08057> will become a poor <04270> man <0376> ; He who loves <0157> wine <03196> and oil <08081> will not become <06238> rich <06238> .
LXXM	anhr <435> N-NSM endehv <1729> A-NSM agapa <25> V-PAI-3S eufrosunhn <2167> N-ASF filwn <5368> V-PAPNS oinon <3631> N-ASM kai <2532> CONJ elaion <1637> N-ASN eiv <1519> PREP plouton <4149> N-ASM
NET [draft] ITL	The one who loves <0157> pleasure <08057> will be a poor <04270> person <0376> ; whoever loves <0157> wine <03196> and anointing oil <08081> will not <03808> be rich <06238> .
HEBREW	rysey <06238> al <03808> Nmsw <08081> Nyy <03196> bha <0157> hxmv <08057> bha <0157> rwoxm <04270> sya (21:17) <0376>

NETBible

The one who loves¹ pleasure² will be³ a poor person;⁴ whoever loves wine and anointing oil⁵ will not be rich.

NET Notes

¹sn The participle “loves” (אֹהֵב, ’ohev) indicates in this context that more is involved than the enjoyment of pleasure, for which there is no problem. The proverb is looking at “love” in the sense of needing and choosing, an excessive or uncontrolled indulgence in pleasure.

²sn “Pleasure” is actually the Hebrew word “joy” (שִׂמְחָה, simkhah). It is a metonymy of effect, the cause being the good life that brings the joy. In the second colon, “wine” and “oil” would be metonymies of cause, the particular things in life that bring joy. Therefore the figures in the lines work together to give the complete picture.

³tn The phrase “will be” is supplied in the translation.

⁴tn Heb “a man of poverty”; NRSV “will suffer want.”

⁵sn In elaborate feasts and celebrations the wine was for drinking but the oil was for anointing (cf. NAB, NCV “perfume”). Both of these characterize the luxurious life (e.g., Ps 23:5; 104:15; Amos 6:6).