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Proverbs 16:26

26  A worker’s appetite works for him;

his xmouth urges him on.

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Proverbs 16:26 — The New International Version (NIV)

26 The appetite of laborers works for them;

their hunger drives them on.

Proverbs 16:26 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself;

For his mouth craveth it of him.

Proverbs 16:26 — New Living Translation (NLT)

26 It is good for workers to have an appetite;

an empty stomach drives them on.

Proverbs 16:26 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

26 The person who labors, labors for himself,

For his hungry mouth drives him on.

Proverbs 16:26 — New Century Version (NCV)

26 The workers’ hunger helps them,

because their desire to eat makes them work.

Proverbs 16:26 — American Standard Version (ASV)

26 The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him;

For his mouth urgeth him thereto.

Proverbs 16:26 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

26 The appetite of the labourer laboureth for him, for his mouth urgeth him on.

Proverbs 16:26 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

26 A laborer’s appetite works to his advantage, 

because his hunger drives him on. 

Proverbs 16:26 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

26 A worker’s appetite works for him

because his hunger urges him on.

Proverbs 16:26 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

26 The appetite of workers works for them;

their hunger urges them on.

Proverbs 16:26 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

26 The life of a worker works for him,

for his hunger urges him.

Proverbs 16:26 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

26 The hunger of a worker makes him work.

His hunger drives him on.

Proverbs 16:26 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

26 A worker’s appetite works for him,

For his hunger urges him on.


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