Proverbs 10:26
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26Never get a lazy person to do something for you; he will be as irritating as vinegar on your teeth or smoke in your eyes.
Copyright 1966, 1971, 1976, 1992 American Bible Society
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
so is the sluggard to those who send him.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
so are sluggards to those who send them.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes,
so the slacker is to the one who sends him on an errand.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Lazy people irritate their employers,
like vinegar to the teeth or smoke in the eyes.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Like vinegar to the tooth and like smoke to the eyes,
thus is the lazy to one who employs him.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes,
So is the sluggard to them that send him.
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