Proverbs 21:17
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
American King James Version (AKJV)
He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
American Standard Version (ASV)
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: He that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth.
Webster's Revision
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
World English Bible
He who loves pleasure shall be a poor man. He who loves wine and oil shall not be rich.
English Revised Version (ERV)
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
Clarke's Proverbs 21:17 Bible Commentary
He that loveth pleasure - That follows gaming, fowling, hunting, coursing, etc., when he should be attending to the culture of the fields, shall be a poor man; and, I may safely add, shall be so deservedly poor, as to have none to pity him.
Barnes's Proverbs 21:17 Bible Commentary
Wine and oil - i. e., The costly adjuncts of a princely banquet. The price of oil or precious unguent was about equal to the 300 days' wages of a field laborer Matthew 20:2. Indulgence in such a luxury would thus become the type of all extravagance and excess.
Wesley's Proverbs 21:17 Bible Commentary
21:17 Wine and oil - Delicious fare and luxurious feasting. Wine and oil were much used in feasts in those parts.