Ecclesiastes 10:18 - Tree of Life Version

¹⁸ By laziness the rafters sag, and by idle hands the house leaks.

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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.

Ecclesiastes 10:18 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 12:24

The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy will become forced labor.

Proverbs 14:1

A wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Proverbs 20:4

A slacker will not plow in season, so at harvest he looks but finds nothing.

Proverbs 21:25

A slacker’s craving will kill him, because his hands refuse to work.

Proverbs 23:21

for both drunkards and gluttons will be impoverished— grogginess will clothe them with rags.

Hebrews 6:11

But we long for each of you to show the same eagerness for the certainty of hope to the very end—