Proverbs 20:4
Proverbs 20:4 — The New International Version (NIV)
4 Sluggards do not plow in season;
so at harvest time they look but find nothing.
Proverbs 20:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;
Therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)
4 Those too lazy to plow in the right season
will have no food at the harvest.
Proverbs 20:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
4 The lazy man will not plow because of winter;
He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:4 — New Century Version (NCV)
4 Lazy farmers don’t plow when they should;
they expect a harvest, but there is none.
Proverbs 20:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)
4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter;
Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
4 The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
4 A lazy person does not plow in the fall.
He looks for something in the harvest but finds nothing.
Proverbs 20:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
4 The slacker does not plow during planting season;
at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
Proverbs 20:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
4 The lazy person does not plow in season;
harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.
Proverbs 20:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
4 The lazy person will not plow in season;
he will expect at the harvest, but there will be nothing.
Proverbs 20:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
4 Anyone who refuses to work doesn’t plow in the right season.
When he looks for a crop at harvest time, he doesn’t find it.
Proverbs 20:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
4 The sluggard does not plow after the autumn,
So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.