Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
New American Standard Bible
A lion is
King James Version
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Holman Bible
a lion in the public square!”
International Standard Version
The lazy person claims, "There is a lion in the road! There's a lion in the streets!"
A Conservative Version
The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Amplified
The lazy person [who is self-indulgent and relies on lame excuses] says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion is in the open square [and if I go outside to work I will be killed]!”
Bible in Basic English
The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Darby Translation
The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!
Julia Smith Translation
The slothful one said, A lion in the way; a lion between the broad places.
King James 2000
The slothful man says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A lazy person says "A lion [is] in the road! A lion among the streets!"
Modern King James verseion
The lazy one says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The slothful sayeth, "There is a leopard in the way, and a lion in the midst of the streets."
NET Bible
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!"
New Heart English Bible
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road. A fierce lion roams the streets."
The Emphasized Bible
Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways.
Webster
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
World English Bible
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"
Youngs Literal Translation
The slothful hath said, 'A lion is in the way, A lion is in the broad places.'
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Fools
12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him. 13 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets. 14 As the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
Cross References
Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.