Proverbs 15:19
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15:19The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns,53
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- 53 Heb “like an overgrowth”; “overgrown with thorns”; cf. “like walking in a thorn patch.” The point of the simile is that the path of life taken by the lazy person has many obstacles that are painful—it is like trying to break through a hedge of thorns. The has “strewn with thorns.”
- 54 The comparative “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the metaphor; it is supplied for the sake of clarity.
- 55 The contrast to the “thorny way” is the highway, the Hebrew word signifying a well built-up road (סָלַל, salal, “to heap up”). The upright have no reason to swerve, duck, or detour, but may expect “clear sailing.” Other passages pair these two concepts, e.g., Prov 6:10; 10:26; 28:19.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns,
but the path of the upright is a level highway.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The way of the sluggard is blocked with thorns,
but the path of the upright is a highway.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A slacker’s way is like a thorny hedge,
but the path of the upright is a highway.
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NLTNew Living Translation
A lazy person’s way is blocked with briers,
but the path of the upright is an open highway.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The way of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns,
but the path of the upright is a highway.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns:
But the way of the righteous is made plain.
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