Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

He also who is slack in his work
Is brother to him who destroys.

King James Version

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

Holman Bible

The one who is truly lazy in his work
is brother to a vandal.

International Standard Version

Whoever is lazy regarding his work is also a brother to the master of destruction.

A Conservative Version

He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.

American Standard Version

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Amplified


He who is careless in his work
Is a brother to him who destroys.

Bible in Basic English

He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.

Darby Translation

He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.

Julia Smith Translation

Also he being slothful in his work, he the brother of the master of destruction.

King James 2000

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Even he who is slack in his work, he is brother to a master of destruction.

Modern King James verseion

Also he who is slack in his work is brother to a great destroyer.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Whoso is slothful and slack in his labor, is the brother of him that is a waster.

NET Bible

The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

New Heart English Bible

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

The Emphasized Bible

Surely he that is slothful in his work, brother, is he to a master at laying waste.

Webster

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

World English Bible

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Youngs Literal Translation

He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he is to a destroyer.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רפה 
Raphah 
Usage: 46

in his work
מלאכה 
M@la'kah 
Usage: 167

is brother
אח 
'ach 
Usage: 629

to him that is a great
בּעל 
Ba`al 
Usage: 85

References

Morish

Context Readings

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

8 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body. 9 He also who is slack in his work
Is brother to him who destroys.
10 The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:24

Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, "That is no transgression," is a companion to a man who destroys.

Proverbs 10:4

A slack hand causes poverty, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

Proverbs 23:20-21

Be not among drunkards or among gluttonous eaters of meat,

Proverbs 24:30-34

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,

Matthew 25:26

But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?

Hebrews 6:12

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Job 30:29

I am a brother of jackals and a companion of ostriches.

Luke 15:13-14

Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living.

Luke 16:1-2

He also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions.

Romans 12:11

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit,serve the Lord.

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