Proverbs 26:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ The lazy person buries a hand in the dish and is too tired to bring it back to the mouth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; It grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ The slothful and self-indulgent buries his hand in his bosom; it distresses and wearies him to bring it again to his mouth. [Prov. 19:24.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Lazy people bury their hand into the bowl, too tired to return it to their mouth.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ The lazy one conceals his hand under his arms, and it is a labor for him to move it to his mouth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth.

Proverbs 26:15 Cross References

Genesis 6:6

And the Lord was sorry that he had made humans on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.

Proverbs 19:24

The lazy person buries a hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to the mouth.