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Proverbs 6:6

The Folly of Indolence

6 cGo to the ant, you sluggard!

Consider her ways and be wise,

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Proverbs 6:6 — The New International Version (NIV)

Go to the ant, you sluggard;

consider its ways and be wise!

Proverbs 6:6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Go to the ant, O sluggard;

consider her ways, and be wise.

Proverbs 6:6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Go to the ant, thou sluggard;

Consider her ways, and be wise:

Proverbs 6:6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones.

Learn from their ways and become wise!

Proverbs 6:6 — New Century Version (NCV)

Go watch the ants, you lazy person.

Watch what they do and be wise.

Proverbs 6:6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Go to the ant, thou sluggard;

Consider her ways, and be wise:

Proverbs 6:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:

Proverbs 6:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Consider the ant, you lazy bum. 

Watch its ways, and become wise. 

Proverbs 6:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Go to the ant, you slacker!

Observe its ways and become wise.

Proverbs 6:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Go to the ant, you lazybones;

consider its ways, and be wise.

Proverbs 6:6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Go to the ant, lazy!

Consider its ways and be wise.

Proverbs 6:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

You people who don’t want to work, think about the ant!

Consider its ways and be wise!

Proverbs 6:6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Go to the ant, O sluggard,

Observe her ways and be wise,


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