Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For his hands refuse to work;
King James Version
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Holman Bible
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;
Bible in Basic English
The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.
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.
Themes
Desires » The desire of the slothful
hands » Of the wicked, described as » Slothful
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 21:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
24
"Scoffer" is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.
25
For his hands refuse to work;
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
Proverbs 6:6-11
Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
Proverbs 12:27
Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.
Proverbs 15:19
The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
Proverbs 19:24
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth.
Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"
Proverbs 24:30-34
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,
Proverbs 26:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"
Proverbs 26:16
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.
Matthew 25:26
But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?