Solomon’s Proverbs: The Wise Son
Proverbs 10:5
In 11 translations
- BSB
- He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
- KJV
- He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
- WEB
- He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
- ASV
- He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; But he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
- LSV
- Whoever is gathering in summer [is] a wise son, || Whoever is sleeping in harvest [is] a son causing shame.
- YLT
- Whoso is gathering in summer [is] a wise son, Whoso is sleeping in harvest [is] a son causing shame.
- DBY
- He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
- DRC
- He that gathered in the harvest is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.
- GNV
- He that gathereth in sommer, is the sonne of wisdome: but he that sleepeth in haruest, is the sonne of confusion.
- JPS
- A wise son gathereth in summer; but a son that doeth shamefully sleepeth in harvest.
- LXXE
- A wise son is saved from heat: but a lawless son is blighted of the winds in harvest.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- אֹגֵ֣ר בַּ֭קַּיִץ בֵּ֣ן מַשְׂכִּ֑יל נִרְדָּ֥ם בַּ֝קָּצִ֗יר בֵּ֣ן מֵבִֽישׁ׃
- LXX-Br
- Διεσώθη ἀπὸ καύματος υἱὸς νοήμων, ἀνεμόφθορος δὲ γίνεται ἐν ἀμητῷ υἱὸς παράνομος.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
SummerHarvestSeasonsSlothfulnessIdlenessIndustryProverbs, Book ofPoetryHarvest, TheProverbs, the Book of
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 6:8it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
- Proverbs 30:25The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
- Proverbs 17:2A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.
- Proverbs 6:6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
- Proverbs 19:26He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
- Isaiah 55:6–7Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our…
- Proverbs 12:4A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but she who causes shame is like decay in his bones.
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