Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Slothfulness bringeth sleep; and an 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.

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.

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 riches may a man have by the heritage of his elders; but a discreet woman is the gift of the LORD. 15 Slothfulness bringeth sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. 16 Whoso keepeth the commandment, keepeth his own soul; but he that regardeth not his way, shall die.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:13

Delight not thou in sleep, lest thou come to poverty; but open thine eyes, and thou shalt have bread enough.

Proverbs 23:21

for such as be drunkards and riotous shall come to poverty, and he that is given to much sleep, shall go with a ragged coat.

Proverbs 6:9-10

How long wilt thou sleep, thou sluggish man? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Proverbs 24:33

Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thine hands together yet a little;

Proverbs 10:4-5

An idle hand maketh poor; but a quick laboring hand maketh rich.

Proverbs 19:24

A slothful body shutteth his hand into his bosom; so that he cannot put it to his mouth.

Isaiah 56:10

For his watchmen are all blind, they have altogether no understanding. They are all dumb dogs, no being able to bark; they are sleepery, sluggish, and lie snorting.

Romans 13:11-12

This also we know, I mean the season: how that it is time that we should now awake out of sleep. For now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Ephesians 5:14

Wherefore he saith, "Awake thou that sleepest, and stand up from death, and Christ shall give thee light."

2 Thessalonians 3:10

For when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any which would not work, that the same should not eat.

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