Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

New American Standard Bible

The desire of the sluggard puts him to death,
For his hands refuse to work;

King James Version

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

Holman Bible

A slacker’s craving will kill him
because his hands refuse to work.

International Standard Version

What the lazy person craves will kill him, because his hands refuse to work.

A Conservative Version

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

American Standard Version

The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

Amplified


The desire of the lazy kills him,
For his hands refuse to labor;

Darby Translation

The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work:

Julia Smith Translation

The desire of the slothful shall kill him, for his hands refused to work,

King James 2000

The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The craving of a lazy person will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.

Modern King James verseion

The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands have refused to work.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The voluptuousness of the slothful is his own death, for his hands will not labour.

NET Bible

What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.

New Heart English Bible

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

The Emphasized Bible

The craving of the sluggard, killeth him, for his hands have refused to work.

Webster

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.

World English Bible

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

Youngs Literal Translation

The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The desire
תּאוה 
Ta'avah 
Usage: 20

of the slothful
עצל 
`atsel 
Usage: 14

מוּת 
Muwth 
Usage: 839

יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

מאן 
Ma'en 
Usage: 41

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

24 The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride. 25 The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work. 26 All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.



Cross References

Proverbs 13:4

The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.

Proverbs 6:6-11

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the ready worker will have authority, but he who is slow in his work will be put to forced work.

Proverbs 12:27

He who is slow in his work does not go in search of food; but the ready worker gets much wealth.

Proverbs 15:19

Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

Proverbs 19:24

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin, and will not even take it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 20:4

The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

Proverbs 22:13

The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

Proverbs 24:30-34

I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

Proverbs 26:13

The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Proverbs 26:16

The hater of work seems to himself wiser than seven men who are able to give an answer with good sense.

Matthew 25:26

But his lord in answer said to him, You are a bad and unready servant; if you had knowledge that I get in grain where I did not put seed, and make profits for which I have done no work,

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