The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
Ecclesiastes 10:18 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.
Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
for the drunkard and the glutton shall become poor; and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end,