Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”

New American Standard Bible

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside;
I will be killed in the streets!”

King James Version

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

International Standard Version

The lazy person says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the street!"

A Conservative Version

The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.

American Standard Version

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.

Amplified


The lazy one [manufactures excuses and] says, “There is a lion outside!
I will be killed in the streets [if I go out to work]!”

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!

Julia Smith Translation

The slothful one said, A lion without; I shall be slain in the midst of the broad places.

King James 2000

The slothful man says, There is a lion outside, I shall be slain in the streets.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A lazy person says "A lion in the street! In the middle of the highway, I shall be killed!"

Modern King James verseion

The lazy one says, There is a lion outside; I shall be killed in the streets.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The slothful body sayeth, "There is a lion without, I might be slain in the street."

NET Bible

The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!"

New Heart English Bible

The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside. I will be killed in the streets."

The Emphasized Bible

Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.

Webster

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

World English Bible

The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"

Youngs Literal Translation

The slothful hath said, 'A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עצל 
`atsel 
Usage: 14

There is a lion
אריה ארי 
'ariy 
Usage: 80

חץ חוּץ 
Chuwts 
Usage: 164

I shall be slain
רצח 
Ratsach 
Usage: 47

in
תּוך 
Tavek 
Usage: 419

References

Fausets

Smith

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

12 The Lord’s eyes keep watch over knowledge,
but He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
13 The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside!
I’ll be killed in the public square!”
14 The mouth of the forbidden woman is a deep pit;
a man cursed by the Lord will fall into it.

Cross References

Numbers 13:32-33

So they gave a negative report to the Israelites about the land they had scouted: “The land we passed through to explore is one that devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw in it are men of great size.

Proverbs 15:19

A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge,
but the path of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 26:13-16

The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”

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