Proverbs 20:4
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20:4The sluggard will not plow10 during the planting season,11
so at harvest time he looks12 for the crop13 but has nothing.
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- 10 The act of plowing is put for the whole process of planting a crop.
- 11 Heb “in the autumn”; “by reason of the winter.” The noun means “autumn, harvest time.” The right time for planting was after the harvest and the rainy season of autumn and winter began.
- 12 The Piel of the verb שָׁאַל (sha’al, “to ask”) means “to beg” or “to inquire carefully.” At the harvest time he looks for produce but there is none. The Piel might suggest, however, that because he did not plant, or did not do it at the right time, he is reduced to begging and will have nothing (cf. , ; “he begs during the harvest”).
- 13 The phrase “for the crop” does not appear in the Hebrew but is implied; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Sluggards do not plow in season;
so at harvest time they look but find nothing.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The slacker does not plow during planting season;
at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Those too lazy to plow in the right season
will have no food at the harvest.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The lazy person will not plow in season;
he will expect at the harvest, but there will be nothing.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;
Therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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