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Proverbs 26:14

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26:14Like28 a door that turns on its hinges,29

so a sluggard turns30 on his bed.

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  1. 28 The comparative “like” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied from context in the translation.
  2. 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).
  3. 30 The term “turns” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation from the parallelism.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

As a door turns on its hinges,

so does a sluggard on his bed.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

As a door turns on its hinges,

so a sluggard turns on his bed.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A door turns on its hinges,

and a slacker, on his bed.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

As a door swings back and forth on its hinges,

so the lazy person turns over in bed.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The door turns on its hinge,

and a lazy person on his bed.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

As the door turneth upon his hinges,

So doth the slothful upon his bed.

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