Wine Is a Mocker
Proverbs 20:4
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
- KJV
- The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.cold: or, winter
- WEB
- The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- ASV
- The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- LSV
- The slothful does not plow because of winter, || He asks in harvest, and there is nothing.
- YLT
- Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.
- DBY
- The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- DRC
- Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
- GNV
- The slouthfull will not plowe, because of winter: therefore shall he beg in sommer, but haue nothing.
- JPS
- The sluggard will not plow when winter setteth in; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- LXXE
- A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: so also he who borrows corn in harvest.
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- Written (Ketiv): יִשְׁאַל (“he asks”). Read aloud (Qere): וְשָׁאַ֖ל (“and he asks”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads יְשָׁאַ֖ל; read aloud (Qere) reads וְשָׁאַ֖ל (“and he asks”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- מֵ֭חֹרֶף עָצֵ֣ל לֹא־יַחֲרֹ֑שׁ ישאל בַּקָּצִ֣יר וָאָֽיִן׃Read aloud as (qere): וְשָׁאַ֖ל
- LXX-Br
- Ὀνειδιζόμενος ὀκνηρὸς οὐκ αἰσχύνεται, ὡσαύτως καὶ ὁ δανειζόμενος σῖτον ἐν ἀμητῷ.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 10:4Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
- Proverbs 19:15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
- Proverbs 13:4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
- Matthew 25:24–28Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out…
- Matthew 25:3–10The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil. But the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps. When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. At midnight…
- Proverbs 26:13–16The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!” As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed. The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back…
- 2 Peter 1:5–11For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness,…
- Proverbs 6:10–11A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
- Proverbs 24:34and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
- Proverbs 19:24The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).