Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest are faithful messengers to those who send them; they refresh the spirit of their masters.
Proverbs 10:26 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are the lazy to their employers. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who employ and send him. American Standard Version (1901) As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him. Common English Bible Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are lazy people to those who authorize them. Catholic Public Domain Version Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is a lazy one to those who sent him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that sent him. |
Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest are faithful messengers to those who send them; they refresh the spirit of their masters.
Like vinegar on a wound is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. Like a moth in clothing or a worm in wood, sorrow gnaws at the human heart.
It is like cutting off one’s foot and drinking down violence, to send a message by a fool.
who say, “Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.” These are a smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
But his master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I did not scatter?
so that you may not become sluggish but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.