in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
2 Thessalonians 3:10 - Revised Version 1885 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For while we were yet with you, we gave you this rule and charge: If anyone will not work, neither let him eat. American Standard Version (1901) For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat. Common English Bible Even when we were with you we were giving you this command: “If anyone doesn’t want to work, they shouldn’t eat.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then, too, while we were with you, we insisted on this to you: that if anyone was not willing to work, neither should he eat. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For also when we were with you, this we declared to you: that, if any man will not work, neither let him eat. |
in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
The slothful will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
The desire of the slothful killeth him; For his hands refuse to labour.
And he said unto them, These are my words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, how that all things must needs be fulfilled, which are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me.
But these things have I spoken unto you, that when their hour is come, ye may remember them, how that I told you. And these things I said not unto you from the beginning, because I was with you.
And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, after what manner I was with you all the time,
For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?