Ecclesiastes 10:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.

Young's Literal Translation
By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.

King James Bible
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

Hebrew
Through laziness
בַּעֲצַלְתַּ֖יִם (ba·‘ă·ṣal·ta·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - fd
Strong's 6103: Sluggishness

the roof
הַמְּקָרֶ֑ה (ham·mə·qā·reh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4746: Something meeting, a frame

caves in,
יִמַּ֣ךְ (yim·maḵ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4355: To be low or humiliated

and in the hands
יָדַ֖יִם (yā·ḏa·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's 3027: A hand

of the idle,
וּבְשִׁפְל֥וּת (ū·ḇə·šip̄·lūṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8220: Remissness

the house
הַבָּֽיִת׃ (hab·bā·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

leaks.
יִדְלֹ֥ף (yiḏ·lōp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1811: To drip, to weep

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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