Proverbs 22:13
What does Proverbs 22:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 22:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The slothful hath said, `A lion <FI>is<Fi> without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 26:13
The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
- Proverbs 15:19
The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
- Numbers 13:32
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had spied out unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature.
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