Proverbs 26:13–14
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26:13The sluggard26 says, “There is a lion in the road!
A lion in the streets!”27
26:14Like28 a door that turns on its hinges,29
so a sluggard turns30 on his bed.
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- 26 The Book of Fools covered vv. 1–12. This marks the beginning of what may be called the Book of Sluggards (vv. 13–16).
- 27 Heb “in the broad plazas”; , “in the square.” This proverb makes the same point as 22:13, namely, that the sluggard uses absurd excuses to get out of work. D. Kidner notes that in this situation the sluggard has probably convinced himself that he is a realist and not a lazy person (Proverbs [], ).
- 28 The comparative “like” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied from context in the translation.
- 29 The sluggard is too lazy to get out of bed—although he would probably rationalize this by saying that he is not at his best in the morning. The humor of the verse is based on an analogy with a door—it moves back and forth on its hinges but goes nowhere. Like the door to the wall, the sluggard is “hinged” to his bed (e.g., Prov 6:9–10; 24:33).
- 30 The term “turns” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation from the parallelism.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!
There is a lion in the streets!”
As a door turns on its hinges,
so does a sluggard on his bed.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
A sluggard says, “There’s a lion in the road,
a fierce lion roaming the streets!”
As a door turns on its hinges,
so a sluggard turns on his bed.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The slacker says, “There’s a lion in the road—
a lion in the public square!”
A door turns on its hinges,
and a slacker, on his bed.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The lazy person claims, “There’s a lion on the road!
Yes, I’m sure there’s a lion out there!”
As a door swings back and forth on its hinges,
so the lazy person turns over in bed.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
A lazy person says “A lion is in the road!
A lion among the streets!”
The door turns on its hinge,
and a lazy person on his bed.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way;
A lion is in the streets.
As the door turneth upon his hinges,
So doth the slothful upon his bed.
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