He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
Joshua 18:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Yehoshua said to the children of Yisra'el, How long are you slack to go in to possess the land, which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Joshua asked the Israelites, How long will you be slack to go in and possess the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you? American Standard Version (1901) And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, hath given you? Common English Bible Joshua said to the Israelites, “How long will you avoid going to take over the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has given you? Catholic Public Domain Version And Joshua said to them: "For how long will you draw back in idleness, and not enter to possess the land, which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given to you? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Josue said to them: How long are you indolent and slack, and go not in to possess the land which the Lord the God of your fathers hath given you? |
He becomes poor who works with a lazy hand, but the hand of the diligent brings wealth.
The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the desire of the diligent shall be fully satisfied.
The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in She'ol, where you are going.
In that day, it will be said to Yerushalayim, *Don't be afraid, Tziyon. Don't let your hands be slack.*
About the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here all day idle?'
Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.*
Be strong and of good courage; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
Now Yehoshua was old and well stricken in years; and the LORD said to him, You are old and well stricken in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed.
There remained among the children of Yisra'el seven tribes, which had not yet divided their inheritance.
Appoint for you three men of each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall arise, and walk through the land, and describe it according to their inheritance; and they shall come to me.
They said, Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good: and are you still? don't be slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.