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Proverbs 6:6–8

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6Go to the aant, O bsluggard,

Observe her ways and be wise,

7Which, having ano chief,

Officer or ruler,

8Prepares her food ain the summer

And gathers her provision in the harvest.

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Cross references

  1. aProv 30:24, 25
  2. bProv 6:9; 10:26; 13:4; 20:4; 26:16
  3. aProv 30:27
  4. aProv 10:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Go to the ant, O sluggard;

consider her ways, and be wise.

Without having any chief,

officer, or ruler,

she prepares her bread in summer

and gathers her food in harvest.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.