Parallel Verses
World English Bible
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams 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.
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.
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 Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. 13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!" 14 As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
Cross References
Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.