Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth 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.
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.
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 wealth are the inheritance of fathers, And from Jehovah is an understanding wife. 15 Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger. 16 Whoso is keeping the command is keeping his soul, Whoso is despising His ways dieth.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes -- be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 23:21
For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Proverbs 6:9-10
Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?
Proverbs 24:33
A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.
Proverbs 10:4-5
Poor is he who is working -- a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
Proverbs 19:24
The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.
Isaiah 56:10
Blind are his watchmen -- all of them, They have not known, All of them are dumb dogs, they are not able to bark, Dozing, lying down, loving to slumber.
Romans 13:11-12
And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;
Ephesians 5:14
wherefore he saith, 'Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
2 Thessalonians 3:10
for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,