The Reply of the Tongue Is from the LORD
Proverbs 16:26
In 11 translations
- BSB
- A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
- KJV
- He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.He…: Heb. The soul of him thatcraveth…: Heb. boweth unto him
- WEB
- The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him on.
- ASV
- The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
- LSV
- A laboring man has labored for himself, || For his mouth has caused [him] to bend over it.
- YLT
- A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused [him] to bend over it.
- DBY
- The appetite of the labourer laboureth for him, for his mouth urgeth him on.
- DRC
- The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.
- GNV
- The person that traueileth, traueileth for himselfe: for his mouth craueth it of him.
- JPS
- The hunger of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth compelleth him.
- LXXE
- A man who labours, labours for himself, and drives from him his own ruin.
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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
- נֶ֣פֶשׁ עָ֭מֵל עָ֣מְלָה לּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־אָכַ֖ף עָלָ֣יו פִּֽיהוּ׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἀνὴρ ἐν πόνοις πονεῖ ἑαυτῷ, καὶ ἐκβιάζεται τὴν ἀπώλειαν ἑαυτοῦ. Ὁ μέντοι σκολιὸς ἐπὶ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ στόματι φορεῖ τὴν ἀπώλειαν·
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Ecclesiastes 6:7All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
- Proverbs 14:23There is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8–12nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you. Not that we lack this right, but we wanted to offer ourselves as…
- Proverbs 9:12If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:11–12and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you. Then you will behave properly toward outsiders, without being dependent on anyone.
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