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Proverbs 26:15

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26:15The sluggard plunges31 his hand in the dish;

he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.32

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Footnotes

  1. 31 Heb “buries” (so many English versions); “hideth”; “loses.”
  2. 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).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;

it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;

he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The slacker buries his hand in the bowl;

he is too weary to bring it to his mouth!

NLTNew Living Translation

Lazy people take food in their hand

but don’t even lift it to their mouth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A lazy person buries his hands in the dish;

he is too tired to return it to his mouth.

KJV 1900King James Version

The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom;

It grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.