Proverbs 16:26 - Easy To Read Version

A worker’s appetite keeps him working. His hunger makes him work so that he can eat.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

He that laboureth laboureth for himself; For his mouth craveth it of him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The appetite of the laborer works for him, for [the need of] his mouth urges him on.

American Standard Version (1901)

The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.

Common English Bible

The appetite of workers labors for them, for their hunger presses them on.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The soul of the laborer labors for himself, because his mouth has driven him to it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.

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Ecclesiastes 6:7

A man works and works. Why? To feed himself. But he is never satisfied.