Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

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

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.

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 House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers; but a prudent wife is from Jehovah. 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger. 16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; he that is careless of his ways shall die.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:13

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness clotheth with rags.

Proverbs 6:9-10

How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Proverbs 24:33

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

Proverbs 10:4-5

He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Proverbs 19:24

A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again.

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen are all of them blind, they are without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs that cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber:

Romans 13:11-12

This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that we should be aroused out of sleep; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Ephesians 5:14

Wherefore he says, Wake up, thou that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For also when we were with you we enjoined you this, that if any man does not like to work, neither let him eat.

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