Ecclesiastes 10:18 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁸ If a person is too lazy to work,\par his house will begin to leak,\par and the roof will fall in.\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ 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)

¹⁸ By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ Through laziness, the roof sags; through idle hands, the house leaks.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ 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

¹⁸ By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.

Ecclesiastes 10:18 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 12:24

People who work hard will be put in charge of other workers. But a lazy person will have to work like a slave.

Proverbs 14:1

The wise woman uses her wisdom to make her home what it should be. But the foolish woman destroys her home by the foolish things she does.

Proverbs 20:4

A lazy person is too lazy to plant seeds. So, at the time of harvest he looks for food and finds nothing.

Proverbs 23:21

People who drink too much and eat too much become poor. All they do is eat, drink, sleep, and soon they have nothing.

Hebrews 6:11

We have many things to tell you about this. But it is hard to explain because you have stopped trying to understand.