Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The slothful sayeth, "There is a leopard in the way, and a lion in the midst of 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.
American Standard Version
The sluggard saith, 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.
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 If thou seest a man that is wise in his own conceit, there is more hope in a fool than in him. 13 The slothful sayeth, "There is a leopard in the way, and a lion in the midst of the streets." 14 Like as the door turneth about upon the threshold, even so doth the slothful welter himself in his bed.
Cross References
Proverbs 22:13
The slothful body sayeth, "There is a lion without, I might be slain in the street."
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the slothful is full of thorns; but the street of the righteous is well cleansed.
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness bringeth sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.