Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The lazy person buries his hand in his dish and doesn't bother to bring it back to his mouth.
New American Standard Bible
But will not even bring it back to his mouth.
King James Version
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Holman Bible
he doesn’t even bring it back to his mouth.
A Conservative Version
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
American Standard Version
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Amplified
The lazy man buries his hand in the [food] dish,
But will not even bring it to his mouth again.
Bible in Basic English
The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.
Darby Translation
A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again.
Julia Smith Translation
The slothful one hiding his hand in the dish, also he will not turn it back to his mouth.
King James 2000
A slothful man hides his hand in his dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A lazy person buries his hand in the dish, and even to his mouth he will not bring it back.
Modern King James verseion
A lazy one puts his hand in a dish, and he will not return it to his mouth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A slothful body shutteth his hand into his bosom; so that he cannot put it to his mouth.
NET Bible
The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!
New Heart English Bible
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
The Emphasized Bible
A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, even unto his own mouth, will he not bring it back.
Webster
A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
World English Bible
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Youngs Literal Translation
The slothful hath hidden his hand in a dish, Even unto his mouth he bringeth it not back.
Interlinear
Yad
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 19:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Foolish Son Brings Ruin To Others
23 The fear of the LORD leads to life; whoever is satisfied with it will rest, untouched by evil. 24 The lazy person buries his hand in his dish and doesn't bother to bring it back to his mouth. 25 If you scourge a scoffer, the simple person may learn to be discreet; rebuke a discerning man and he will gain understanding.
Cross References
Proverbs 15:19
The lifestyle of the lazy is like a thorny hedge, but the path taken by the upright is an open highway.
Psalm 74:11
Why do you not withdraw your hand your right hand from your bosom and destroy them?
Proverbs 6:9-10
How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep?
Proverbs 12:27
The lazy person does not roast what he has hunted, but diligence is one's most important possession.
Proverbs 19:15
Laziness puts one to sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.
Proverbs 24:30-34
I went by the field belonging to a lazy man, by a vineyard belonging to a senseless person.
Proverbs 26:13-16
The lazy person claims, "There is a lion in the road! There's a lion in the streets!"
Matthew 26:23
He replied, "The man who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me.
Mark 14:20
He told them, "It's one of you Twelve, the one who is dipping his bread into the bowl with me.