Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an 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.
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will 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 Houses and riches are the inheritance of fathers, and a prudent wife is from Jehovah. 15 Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. 16 He who keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; he who despises His ways shall die.
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Cross References
Proverbs 20:13
Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you shall be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 23:21
for the drunkard and the glutton lose all, and sleepiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 6:9-10
How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
Proverbs 24:33
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down;
Proverbs 10:4-5
He who deals with a lazy hand becomes poor; but the hand of the hard worker makes rich.
Proverbs 19:24
A lazy one puts his hand in a dish, and he will not return it to his mouth.
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind; they are all ignorant; they are all dumb dogs who cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
Romans 13:11-12
This also, knowing the time, that it is already time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.
Ephesians 5:14
Therefore he says, "Awake, sleeping ones! And arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light."
2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this, that if anyone would not work, neither should he eat.