Proverbs 20:4

cold Rather, winter, A.V. marg. and R.V. See Genesis 8:22, where the Heb. word here used is rendered "winter," and another Heb. word is used for "cold."

beg This rendering, which is retained in R.V. text, gives a forcible picture of the destitution to which the slothful will be reduced: though he beg as a mendicant, men's hearts, even when enlarged by the plenty of harvest, will have no pity on him. Some, however, take it to mean, when he seeketh in harvest(when others are reaping the fruit of their labour) there shall be nothing, R.V. marg.