Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
New American Standard Bible
And an idle
King James Version
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Holman Bible
and a lazy person will go hungry.
International Standard Version
Laziness puts one to sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will 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.
Themes
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Hunger
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 19:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Foolish Son Brings Ruin To Others
14 House and riches are an inheritance from fathers, but a prudent wife is from LORD. 15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger. 16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul. He who is careless of his ways shall die.
Phrases
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Cross References
Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty. Open thine eyes, [and] thou shall be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 6:9-10
How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep?
Proverbs 24:33
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
Proverbs 10:4-5
He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
Proverbs 19:24
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind. They are all without knowledge. They are all mute dogs. They cannot bark, dreaming, laying down, loving to slumber.
Romans 13:11-12
And this, knowing the time, that the hour is now for us to awake out of sleep. For our salvation is now nearer than when we believed.
Ephesians 5:14
Therefore he says, Awake, thou who sleep. And arise from the dead, and the Christ will shine upon thee.
2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you we commanded you this, that if any man will not work, neither let him eat.