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Proverbs 6:6–9

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6jGo to kthe ant, O lsluggard;

consider her ways, and mbe wise.

7nWithout having any chief,

oofficer, or ruler,

8she prepares her bread pin summer

and qgathers her food in harvest.

9rHow long will you lie there, lO sluggard?

When will you arise from your sleep?

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Cross references

  1. j[Job 12:7]
  2. kch. 30:25
  3. lch. 10:26
  4. mch. 23:19; 27:11
  5. n[ch. 30:27]
  6. oEx. 5:6, 15
  7. p[ch. 10:5]
  8. q[ch. 10:5]
  9. r[Jonah 1:6]
  10. l[See ver. 6 above]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Go to the ant, you sluggard;

consider its ways and be wise!

It has no commander,

no overseer or ruler,

yet it stores its provisions in summer

and gathers its food at harvest.

How long will you lie there, you sluggard?

When will you get up from your sleep?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Go to the ant, you slacker!

Observe its ways and become wise.

Without leader, administrator, or ruler,

it prepares its provisions in summer;

it gathers its food during harvest.

How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?

When will you get up from your sleep?

NLTNew Living Translation

Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones.

Learn from their ways and become wise!

Though they have no prince

or governor or ruler to make them work,

they labor hard all summer,

gathering food for the winter.

But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep?

When will you wake up?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Go to the ant, lazy!

Consider its ways and be wise.

It has no chief,

officer, or ruler.

In the summer, it prepares its food;

in the harvest, it gathers its sustenance.

How long will you lie down, lazy?

When will you rise up from your sleep?

KJV 1900King James Version

Go to the ant, thou sluggard;

Consider her ways, and be wise:

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

Provideth her meat in the summer,

And gathereth her food in the harvest.

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?

When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?