Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The voluptuousness of the slothful is his own death, for his hands will not labour.
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.
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 He that is proud and presumptuous, is called a scornful man, which in wrath dare work maliciously. 25 The voluptuousness of the slothful is his own death, for his hands will not labour. 26 He coveteth and desireth all the day long; but the righteous is always giving and keepeth nothing back.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 13:4
The sluggard would fain have, and cannot get his desire; but the soul of the diligent shall have plenty.
Proverbs 6:6-11
Go to the Emmet, thou sluggard: consider her ways, and learn to be wise.
Proverbs 12:24
A diligent hand shall bear rule; but the idle shall be under tribute.
Proverbs 12:27
A deceitful man shall find no vantage; but he that is content with that he hath, is more worth than gold.
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the slothful is full of thorns; but the street of the righteous is well cleansed.
Proverbs 19:24
A slothful body shutteth his hand into his bosom; so that he cannot put it to his mouth.
Proverbs 20:4
A slothful body will not go to plow, for cold of the winter; therefore shall he go a begging in Summer and have nothing.
Proverbs 22:13
The slothful body sayeth, "There is a lion without, I might be slain in the street."
Proverbs 24:30-34
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyards of the foolish man.
Proverbs 26:13
The slothful sayeth, "There is a leopard in the way, and a lion in the midst of the streets."
Proverbs 26:16
The sluggard thinketh himself wiser than seven men that sit and teach.
Matthew 25:26
His master answered, and said unto him, 'Thou evil servant and slothful, thou knowest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not: