Parallel Verses

World English Bible

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

New American Standard Bible

Go to the ant, O sluggard,
Observe her ways and be wise,

King James Version

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Holman Bible

Go to the ant, you slacker!
Observe its ways and become wise.

International Standard Version

Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise.

A Conservative Version

Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.

American Standard Version

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

Amplified


Go to the ant, O lazy one;
Observe her ways and be wise,

Bible in Basic English

Go to the ant, you hater of work; give thought to her ways and be wise:

Darby Translation

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:

Julia Smith Translation

Go to the ant, thou slothful one; see her ways, and be wise:

King James 2000

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Lexham Expanded Bible

Go to the ant, lazy! Consider its ways and be wise.

Modern King James verseion

Go to the ant, sluggard; consider her ways and be wise;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Go to the Emmet, thou sluggard: consider her ways, and learn to be wise.

NET Bible

Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!

New Heart English Bible

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

The Emphasized Bible

Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;

Webster

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Youngs Literal Translation

Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Go
ילך 
Yalak 
Usage: 0

to the ant
נמלה 
N@malah 
ant
Usage: 2

thou sluggard
עצל 
`atsel 
Usage: 14

ראה 
Ra'ah 
Usage: 1308

דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

References

American

Ant

Easton

Ant

Fausets

Ant

Hastings

Morish

Ant

Watsons

Ant

Context Readings

Against Sloth

5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise; 7 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,


Cross References

Proverbs 10:26

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

Proverbs 13:4

The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.

Job 12:7-8

"But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you.

Proverbs 1:17

For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird:

Proverbs 15:19

The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

Proverbs 18:9

One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:24

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

Proverbs 21:25

The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

Proverbs 22:13

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

Proverbs 24:30-34

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Proverbs 26:13-16

The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"

Proverbs 30:25

the ants are not a strong people, yet they provide their food in the summer.

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib; but Israel doesn't know, my people don't consider."

Matthew 6:26

See the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?

Matthew 25:26

"But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.

Romans 12:11

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Hebrews 6:12

that you won't be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.

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