Ecclesiastes 10:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁸ Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ 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)

¹⁸ By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Through laziness, the roof sags; through idle hands, the house leaks.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ By laziness, a framework shall be brought down, and by the weakness of hands, a house shall collapse through.

Ecclesiastes 10:18 Cross References

Proverbs 14:1

The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.

Proverbs 20:4

The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.

Hebrews 6:11

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,

Proverbs 23:21

for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and drowsiness will clothe them with rags.

Proverbs 21:25

The craving of the lazy person is fatal, for lazy hands refuse to labor.

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the lazy will be put to forced labor.