Amsal 15:17

15:17 Better a meal of vegetables where there is love ¹ 

than a fattened ox where there is hatred. ² 

Amsal 26:15

26:15 The sluggard plunges ³  his hand in the dish;

he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. ⁴ 

[15:17]  ¹ tn Heb “and love there.” This clause is a circumstantial clause introduced with vav, that becomes “where there is love.” The same construction is used in the second colon.

[15:17]  ² sn Again the saying concerns troublesome wealth: Loving relationships with simple food are better than a feast where there is hatred. The ideal, of course, would be loving family and friends with a great meal in addition, but this proverb is only comparing two things.

[26:15]  ³ tn Heb “buries” (so many English versions); KJV “hideth”; NAB “loses.”

[26:15]  ⁴ sn The proverb is stating that the sluggard is too lazy to eat; this is essentially the same point made in 19:24 (see the note there).