SEV Biblia, Chapter 6:7
la cual no teniendo capitán, ni gobernador, ni señor,
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 7. Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler .] None to guide and direct her what to do; nor any to overlook her, to see that she does aright, or to oblige her to work, and keep her to it; nor any to call her to an account, and correct her for doing amiss; and nevertheless diligent and industrious, doing everything of herself, by the instinct of nature, readily and willingly: and yet how slothful are men; who, besides the dictates of nature, reason, and conscience, have parents, masters, ministers, and magistrates, to guide, direct, exhort, instruct, and enforce! so Aristotle f130 says of the ant, that it is agarcov , without any ruler or governor.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-11 - Diligence in business is every man's wisdom and duty; not so much tha he may attain worldly wealth, as that he may not be a burden to others or a scandal to the church. The ants are more diligent than slothfu men. We may learn wisdom from the meanest insects, and be shamed by them. Habits of indolence and indulgence grow upon people. Thus lif runs to waste; and poverty, though at first at a distance, graduall draws near, like a traveller; and when it arrives, is like an arme man, too strong to be resisted. All this may be applied to the concern of our souls. How many love their sleep of sin, and their dreams of worldly happiness! Shall we not seek to awaken such? Shall we not giv diligence to secure our own salvation?
Original Hebrew
אשׁר 834 אין 369 לה קצין 7101 שׁטר 7860 ומשׁל׃ 4910
