Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger.

New American Standard Bible

Laziness casts into a deep sleep,
And an idle man will suffer hunger.

King James Version

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Holman Bible

Laziness induces deep sleep,
and a lazy person will go hungry.

International Standard Version

Laziness puts one to sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.

A Conservative Version

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

American Standard Version

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Amplified


Laziness casts one into a deep sleep [unmindful of lost opportunity],
And the idle person will suffer hunger.

Bible in Basic English

Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.

Darby Translation

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Julia Smith Translation

Sloth will cast a deep sleep; and the soul of sloth shall hunger.

King James 2000

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Modern King James verseion

Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Slothfulness bringeth sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

NET Bible

Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

New Heart English Bible

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The Emphasized Bible

Sloth, falleth into a deep sleep, and, a soul that is indolent, shall famish.

Webster

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

World English Bible

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Youngs Literal Translation

Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עצלה 
`atslah 
Usage: 2

תּרדּמה 
Tardemah 
Usage: 7

and an idle
רמיּה 
R@miyah 
Usage: 15

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753

Context Readings

A Foolish Son Brings Ruin To Others

14 A house and wealth [are] an inheritance [from] fathers, but from Yahweh [comes] a woman who is prudent. 15 Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger. 16 He who guards commandments guards his life; he who is careless of his ways will be killed.



Cross References

Proverbs 20:13

Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; open your eyes [and] have plenty bread.

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and gluttonous, they will become poor, and [with] rags, drowsiness will clothe them

Proverbs 6:9-10

How long will you lie down, lazy? When will you rise up from your sleep?

Proverbs 24:33

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest,

Proverbs 10:4-5

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent enriches.

Proverbs 19:24

A lazy person buries his hand in the dish, and even to his mouth he will not bring it back.

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen [are] blind, none of them know. They [are] all dumb dogs; they are unable to bark, panting, lying down, loving to slumber.

Romans 13:11-12

And [do] this [because you] know the time, that [it is] already the hour for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation [is] nearer now than when we believed.

Ephesians 5:14

for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For even when we were with you, we used to command this to you: that if anyone does not want to work, neither should he eat.

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