Proverbs 20:4 | |
NASB: The sluggard does not plow after the autumn, So he begs during the harvest and has nothing. (NASB ©1995) GWT: A lazy person does not plow in the fall. He looks for something in the harvest but finds nothing. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. ASV: The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. BBE: The 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. DBY: The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. JPS: The sluggard will not plow when winter setteth in; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. WBS: The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. WEB: The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. YLT: Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing. | |
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