Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the slack hand will be put to forced labor.

King James Version

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

Holman Bible

The diligent hand will rule,
but laziness will lead to forced labor.

International Standard Version

The diligent will take control, but the lazy will be put to forced labor.

A Conservative Version

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule, but the slothful shall be put under task work.

American Standard Version

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

Amplified


The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the negligent and lazy will be put to forced labor.

Bible in Basic English

The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.

Darby Translation

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful hand shall be under tribute.

Julia Smith Translation

The hand of the active shall give dominion: and of the slothful one shall be for tribute.

King James 2000

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be put to forced labor.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The hand of the diligent ones will rule, but the lazy will belong to forced labor.

Modern King James verseion

The hand of the hard worker shall bear rule, but the lazy shall be under service.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A diligent hand shall bear rule; but the idle shall be under tribute.

NET Bible

The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will become a slave.

New Heart English Bible

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

The Emphasized Bible

The hand of the diligent, shall hear rule, but, the indolent, shall come under tribute.

Webster

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

World English Bible

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

Youngs Literal Translation

The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

of the diligent
חרץ חרוּץ 
Charuwts 
Usage: 18

משׁל 
Mashal 
Usage: 81

but the slothful
רמיּה 
R@miyah 
Usage: 15

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

23 The sane man conceals his wisdom: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness. 24 The hand of the diligent will rule,
But the slack hand will be put to forced labor.
25 Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop: but a good word makes it glad.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:4

He that deals with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 12:27

The deceitful man does not even roast that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desires, and attains nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 21:25-26

The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labour.

Genesis 49:15

and he saw that rest was good and the land that it was pleasant and bowed his shoulder to bear and became a servant unto tribute.

1 Kings 9:21

their children that were left after them in the land, whom the sons of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, upon those Solomon levied a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

1 Kings 11:28

And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valour, and Solomon, seeing that the young man was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

1 Kings 12:20

And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation and made him king over all Israel; there were none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.

Proverbs 17:2

A prudent slave shall have rule over a son that causes shame and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Proverbs 19:15

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

Proverbs 22:13

The slothful man says, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Proverbs 22:29

Seest thou a man diligent in his work? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before obscure men.

Proverbs 24:30-34

I went by the field of the slothful and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding,

Proverbs 26:13-16

The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

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