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
Proud and haughty mocker is his name. He acts with overbearing pride.
25
For his hands refuse to work;
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 13:4
The lazy man desires and has nothing. The diligent man will be made rich.
Proverbs 6:6-11
Go to the ant, you lazy person. Consider her ways and be wise!
Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent will bear rule. The lazy will be under forced labor.
Proverbs 12:27
The lazy man does not cook what he took in hunting. The substance of a diligent man is precious.
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns. But the way of the righteous is a wide path.
Proverbs 19:24
A lazy man hides his hand in the dish and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Proverbs 20:4
The lazy man will not plow because of the cold. He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 22:13
The lazy man says: There is a lion outside. I will 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 lacking understanding.
Proverbs 26:13
The lazy man says: There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Proverbs 26:16
The lazy man is wiser in his own conceit than seven men who can answer with good sense.
Matthew 25:26
But his lord answered: 'You wicked and lazy servant. You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter.