Proverbs 26:14–15
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26:14Like28 a door that turns on its hinges,29
so a sluggard turns30 on his bed.
26:15The sluggard plunges31 his hand in the dish;
he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.32
Footnotes
- 28 The comparative “like” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied from context in the translation.
- 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).
- 30 The term “turns” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation from the parallelism.
- 31 Heb “buries” (so many English versions); “hideth”; “loses.”
- 32 The proverb is stating that the sluggard is too lazy to eat; this is essentially the same point made in 19:24 (see the note there).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
As a door turns on its hinges,
so does a sluggard on his bed.
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
As a door turns on its hinges,
so a sluggard turns on his bed.
A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
A door turns on its hinges,
and a slacker, on his bed.
The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;
he is too weary to bring it to his mouth!
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NLTNew Living Translation
As a door swings back and forth on its hinges,
so the lazy person turns over in bed.
Lazy people take food in their hand
but don’t even lift it to their mouth.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
The door turns on its hinge,
and a lazy person on his bed.
A lazy person buries his hands in the dish;
he is too tired to return it to his mouth.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
As the door turneth upon his hinges,
So doth the slothful upon his bed.
The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom;
It grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
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