Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands have refused to work.
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 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 Proud, haughty scorner is his name, he who deals in proud wrath. 25 The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands have refused to work. 26 He covets greedily all the day long; but the righteous gives and spares not.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing; but the soul of the hard worker shall be made fat.
Proverbs 6:6-11
Go to the ant, sluggard; consider her ways and be wise;
Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the hard worker shall bear rule, but the lazy shall be under service.
Proverbs 12:27
The lazy one does not start after his game, but the wealth of a hard worker is precious.
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the lazy one is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain.
Proverbs 19:24
A lazy one puts his hand in a dish, and he will not return it to his mouth.
Proverbs 20:4
The lazy one will not plow; after the autumn he shall beg in harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 22:13
The lazy one says, There is a lion outside; I shall be killed in the streets.
Proverbs 24:30-34
I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man without understanding;
Proverbs 26:13
The lazy one says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Proverbs 26:16
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can give a reason.
Matthew 25:26
His lord answered and said to him, Evil and slothful servant! You knew that I reaped where I did not sow, and gathered where I did not scatter,