Lexicon :: Strong's H2742 - ḥārûṣ

“His underparts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery;

He moves across and spreads out [grooves] like a threshing sledge on the mire (muddy river banks).

When you lie down [to rest] among the [fn]sheepfolds,

You [Israel] are like the wings of a dove [of victory] overlaid with silver,

Its feathers glistening with gold [trophies taken from the enemy].

For wisdom’s profit is better than the profit of silver,

And her gain is better than fine gold.

“Take my instruction rather than [seeking] silver,

And take knowledge rather than choicest gold,

“My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold,

And my yield is better than choicest silver.

Poor is he who works with a negligent and idle hand,

But the hand of the diligent makes him rich.

The hand of the diligent will rule,

But the negligent and lazy will be put to forced labor.

The lazy man does not catch and roast his prey,

But the precious possession of a [wise] man is diligence [because he recognizes opportunities and seizes them].

The soul (appetite) of the lazy person craves and gets nothing [for lethargy overcomes ambition],

But the soul (appetite) of the diligent [who works willingly] is rich and abundantly supplied.

How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!

And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance and advantage,

But everyone who acts in haste comes surely to poverty.

For dill is not threshed with a sharp threshing sledge,

Nor is a cartwheel rolled over cumin;

But dill is beaten out with a staff, and cumin with a rod.

“In fact, I have made of you a new, sharp [fn]threshing implement with sharp edges;

You will thresh the mountains and crush them,

And make the hills like chaff.

Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision (judgment)!

For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision [when judgment is executed].

Thus says the LORD,

“For three transgressions of Damascus and for four (multiplied delinquencies)

I shall not reverse its punishment or revoke My word concerning it,

Because they have threshed Gilead [east of the Jordan River] with sharp iron sledges [having spikes that crushed and shredded].

For Tyre built herself an [impregnable] stronghold [on an island offshore],

And she has heaped up silver like dust

And gold like the mire of the streets.