The hand of the diligent will rule, while the lazy will be put to forced labor.
Ecclesiastes 10:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Through indolence the rafters [of state affairs] decay and the roof sinks in, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks. American Standard Version (1901) By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh. Common English Bible Through laziness, the roof sags; through idle hands, the house leaks. Catholic Public Domain Version By laziness, a framework shall be brought down, and by the weakness of hands, a house shall collapse through. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through. |
The hand of the diligent will rule, while the lazy will be put to forced labor.
The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.
The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.
for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them with rags.
And we want each one of you to show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope to the very end,