Proverbs 20:4
What does Proverbs 20:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 20:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- Proverbs 24:34
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
- Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Proverbs 19:24
The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
- Proverbs 26:13
The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
- Matthew 25:3
For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:
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