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26 The appetite of workers works for them,
    for their mouths urge them on.[a](A)

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  1. 16:26 The adage puzzled ancient and modern commentators. The meaning seems to state the paradox that a person does not toil to feed the gullet but that the gullet itself “toils” in the sense that it forces the person to work. As often in Proverbs, the sense organ stands for the faculty by metonymy. Cf. Eccl 6:7.

26 A laborer's appetite makes him work harder, because he wants to satisfy his hunger.

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26 The appetite of workers works for them;
    their hunger urges them on.

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26 A worker’s appetite works for him,
For his [a]hunger urges him on.

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  1. Proverbs 16:26 Lit mouth

26 The appetite of laborers works for them;
    their hunger drives them on.

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