Proverbs 22:13

In 11 translations

BSB

The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

KJV

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

WEB

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”

ASV

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.

LSV

The slothful has said, “A lion [is] outside, || I am slain in the midst of the broad places.”

YLT

The slothful hath said, 'A lion [is] without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

DBY

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!

DRC

The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.

GNV

The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.

JPS

The sluggard saith: 'There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.'

LXXE

The sluggard makes excuses, and says, There is a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets.

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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

אָמַ֣ר עָ֭צֵל אֲרִ֣י בַח֑וּץ בְּת֥וֹךְ רְ֝חֹב֗וֹת אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ׃

LXX-Br

Προφασίζεται, καὶ λέγει ὀκνηρὸς, λέων ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς, ἐν δὲ ταῖς πλατείαις φονευταί.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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…
• Numbers 13:32–33So they gave the Israelites a bad report about the land that they had spied out: “The land we explored devours its inhabitants, and all the people we saw there are great in stature. We even saw the Nephilim there—the…
• Proverbs 15:19The way of the slacker is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a highway.

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