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Proverbs 20:4

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4gThe sluggard will not plow by reason of the ||cold;

Therefore shall he hbeg in harvest, and ihave nothing.

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Footnotes

  1. gSee ch. 6:11.
  2. ||Or, winter. Gen. 8:22. Ps. 74:17, &c.
  3. iSo ch. 19:15.

Cross references

  1. hPs. 109:10.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;

he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Sluggards do not plow in season;

so at harvest time they look but find nothing.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The slacker does not plow during planting season;

at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.

NLTNew Living Translation

Those too lazy to plow in the right season

will have no food at the harvest.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The lazy person will not plow in season;

he will expect at the harvest, but there will be nothing.