Proverbs 16:26
What does Proverbs 16:26 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 16:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
KJV
King James Version · 1611He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused <FI>him<Fi> to bend over it.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The appetite of the labourer laboureth for him, for his mouth urgeth him on.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 14:23
In all labor there is profit; But the talk of the lipstendethonly to penury.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8
neither did we eat bread for nought at any man’s hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:
- Proverbs 9:12
If thou art wise, thou art wise for thyself; And if thou scoffest, thou alone shalt bear it.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11
and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;
- Ecclesiastes 6:7
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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