Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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.

Holman Bible

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

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!"

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 eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous. 13 The slothful hath said, 'A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.' 14 A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.

Cross References

Numbers 13:32-33

and they bring out an evil account of the land which they have spied unto the sons of Israel, saying, 'The land into which we passed over to spy it, is a land eating up its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in its midst are men of stature;

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the slothful is as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.

Proverbs 26:13-16

The slothful hath said, 'A lion is in the way, A lion is in the broad places.'

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