Parallel Verses
Webster
Slothfulness casteth 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 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.
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 the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. 16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.
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Cross References
Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Proverbs 6:9-10
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt 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 becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 19:24
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Isaiah 56:10
His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
Romans 13:11-12
And this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to 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 arise from the dead, and Christ will give thee light.
2 Thessalonians 3:10
For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.