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Ecclesiastes 10:18

Ecclesiastes chapter 10 · verse 18 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.17Happy art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

v.18This passage

v.19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 23:21

    For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothea manwith rags.

  • Proverbs 24:30

    I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

  • 2 Peter 1:5

    Yea, and for this very cause adding on your part all diligence, in your faith supply virtue; and in your virtue knowledge;

  • Hebrews 6:11

    And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

  • Proverbs 21:25

    The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

  • Proverbs 12:24

    The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.