The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Proverbs 26:13 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) The sluggard says, *There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way! A lion is in the streets! [Prov. 22:13.] American Standard Version (1901) The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets. Common English Bible A lazy person says, “There’s a lion in the path! A lion in the plazas!” Catholic Public Domain Version The lazy one says, "There is a lion along the way, and a lioness in the roads." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads. |
The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
The sluggard says, *There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!*
I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the earth. Behold, you have what is yours.'