The way of the sluggard is as an hedge of thorns: But the path of the upright is made an highway.
Proverbs 26:13 - Revised Version 1885 The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in 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 as an hedge of thorns: But the path of the upright is made an highway.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be murdered in the streets.
and I was afraid, and went away and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, thou hast thine own.