Proverbs 20:4

American Standard Version (1901)

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

ASV Byzantine Text

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Asang Khongca Bible

Thasae kami loe atue naah laikok atok ai pongah, cang aah tue ah minawk khaeah hni cadoeh, hak mak ai.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Kolhnaw loh sikca ah pataeng caai voel pawh. Te dongah cangah ah a dawt tah a dawt dae dang voel pawh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Kolhnaw loh sikca ah pataeng caai voel pawh. Te dongah cangah ah a dawt tah a dawt dae dang voel pawh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Aole e mahiai ka mea palaualelo no ke anu; A e makilo oia i ka wa e ohi ai, aole e loaa.

English Berean Standard Bible

The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Parese pa pare tè li lè pou l' te pare l', li di fè twò frèt. Lè rekòt rive, li pa jwenn anyen nan jaden l'.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Propter frigus piger arare noluit; mendicabit ergo æstate, et non dabitur illi.

Bible in Basic English

The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

À cause de l’hiver, le paresseux ne laboure pas ; lors de la moisson, il mendiera et n’aura rien.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Lenoch neoře pro zimu, pročež žebrati bude ve žni, ale nadarmo.

Kosraean Bible

Sie mwet ima su alsrangesr in plao in pacl fal la, fah tia kosrani fahko.

World Portuguese Bible

O preguiçoso não ara por causa do frio do inverno; por isso mendigará na época da colheita, e nada terá.

Romanian BTF Bible

Cel leneș nu va ara din cauza frigului; de aceea va cerși la seceriș și nu va avea nimic.

Brenton English Septuagint

A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: so also he who borrows corn in harvest.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ချမ်းသောကြောင့် ပျင်းရိသောသူသည် လယ် မလုပ်လို။ ထိုကြောင့် စပါးရိတ်သော ကာလ၌သူတပါးကို တောင်းသော်လည်း မရရာ။

Darby Translation

The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Wegen des Winters mag der Faule nicht pflügen; zur Erntezeit wird er begehren, und nichts ist da.

Dutch Bible 1917

Om den winter zal de luiaard niet ploegen; daarom zal hij bedelen in den oogst, maar er zal niet zijn.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Als een luiaard in de herfst niet wil ploegen, Zoekt hij in de oogsttijd tevergeefs.

Italian Diodati Bible

Il pigro non ara per cagion del freddo ; E poi nella ricolta va accattando, e non trova nulla .

Douay-Rheims 1899

Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.

Geneva Bible 1599

The slouthfull will not plowe, because of winter: therefore shall he beg in sommer, but haue nothing.

Noyes Bible

The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold; Therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Danish Bible 1931

Om Efteråret pløjer den lade ikke, han søger i Høst, men finder intet.

Leeser Tanakh

Because it is winter's cold, will the sluggard not plough: when he therefore seeketh in the harvest time, there will be nothing.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

The sluggard will not plow when winter setteth in; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

King James Version

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

King James Version + Apocrypha

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Vì có mùa đông kẻ biếng nhác chẳng cày ruộng; Qua mùa gặt nó sẽ xin ăn, nhưng chẳng được gì hết.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; Therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku ʻikai ke keli ʻae fakapikopiko koeʻuhi ko e momoko; ko ia te ne faʻa kole ai ʻi he ututaʻu, ka ʻe ʻikai maʻu ha meʻa.

French Ostervald Bible

Le paresseux ne labourera point à cause du mauvais temps; lors de la moisson il mendiera; mais il n'aura rien.

Esperanto Bible

En la malvarma tempo mallaborulo ne plugas; Li petos en aŭtuno, kaj li nenion ricevos.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

A cause du froid, le paresseux ne laboure pas; A la moisson, il voudrait récolter, mais il n’y a rien.

German Luther Bible 1912

Um der Kälte willen will der Faule nicht pflügen; so muß er in der Ernte betteln und nichts kriegen.

LXX2012 U. S. English

A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: so also he who borrows corn in harvest.

British English Septuagint 2012

A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: so also he who borrows corn in harvest.

Majority Standard BIble

The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.

Webster Bible

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Revised Version

The slothful will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Il pigro non ara a causa del freddo; alla raccolta verrà a cercare, ma non ci sarà nulla.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

À cause de l'hiver, le paresseux ne laboure pas ; au temps de la moisson il mendiera, et n'aura rien.

Reina Valera 1909

El perezoso no ara á causa del invierno; pedirá pues en la siega, y no hallará.

Spanish BLL

El flojo no quiere trabajar cuando hace frío; por eso en la cosecha busca y no encuentra nada.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

El perezoso no ara a causa del invierno; pedirá, pues, en la siega, y no hallará nada.

Croatian Bible

Lijenčina u jesen ne ore: u doba žetve on traži, i ništa nema.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Radi zime lenivac ne ore; prosi o žetvi, i ništa ne dobija.

German Textbibel

Im Herbste pflügt der Faule nicht; wenn er dann in der Erntezeit nach Ertrag verlangt, so ist nichts da.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

A sluggard when reproached is not ashamed: So also he who borrows corn in harvest.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

מֵ֭חֹרֶף עָצֵ֣ל לֹא־יַחֲרֹ֑שׁ ישאל בַּקָּצִ֣יר וָאָֽיִן׃

World English Bible

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

World English Bible (Catholic)

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

World English Bible British Edition

The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

World English Bible Classic

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

World English Bible Updated

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

World Messianic Bible

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Young's Literal Translation

Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

SEPTUAGINTA

ὀνειδιζόμενος ὀκνηρὸς οὐκ αἰσχύνεται, ὡσαύτως καὶ ὁ δανειζόμενος σῖτον ἐν ἀμήτῳ.

Brenton Septuagint

Ὀνειδιζόμενος ὀκνηρὸς οὐκ αἰσχύνεται, ὡσαύτως καὶ ὁ δανειζόμενος σῖτον ἐν ἀμητῷ.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Тоамна, ленешул ну арэ; ла сечерат, ар вря сэ стрынгэ роаде, дар ну есте нимик!

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Лїнивий в осени не оре й не скородить; розглядаєсь лїтом — аж нема нїчого.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Лїнивий в осени не оре й не скородить; розглядаєсь лїтом — аж нема нїчого.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Ради зиме ленивац не оре; проси о жетви, и ништа не добија.

Russian Synodal Bible

Ленивец зимою не пашет: поищет летом - и нет ничего.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

מֵ֭חֹרֶף עָצֵ֣ל לֹא־יַחֲרֹ֑שׁ *יִשְׁאַל (וְשָׁאַ֖ל) בַּקָּצִ֣יר וָאָֽיִן׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

מחרף עצל לא יחרש ישאל בקציר ואין׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

اَلْكَسْلَانُ لَا يَحْرُثُ بِسَبَبِ ٱلشِّتَاءِ، فَيَسْتَعْطِي فِي ٱلْحَصَادِ وَلَا يُعْطَى.

Old Persion Version Bible

مرد کاهل به‌سبب زمستان شیار نمی کند، لهذا در موسم حصاد گدایی می‌کند و نمی یابد.

Judson Burmese Bible

ချမ်း သောကြောင့် ပျင်းရိ သောသူသည် လယ် မ လုပ်လို။ ထိုကြောင့် စပါး ရိတ်သောကာလ ၌သူတပါးကို တောင်း သော်လည်း မ ရရာ။

Korean Bible 1910

게으른 자는 가을에 밭 갈지 아니하나니 그러므로 거둘 때에는 구걸할지라도 얻지 못하리라

Japanese Freedom Bible

怠け者は寒さのために耕さない。 刈り入れの時に求めても、何もない。

World Chinese Bible

懒惰人因冬寒不肯耕种； 到收割时，他必讨饭，却一无所得。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

懒惰人因冬寒不肯耕种， 到收割的时候，他必讨饭而无所得。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

懶惰人因冬寒不肯耕種， 到收割的時候，他必討飯而無所得。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

O preguiçoso não lavra no inverno; por isso ele mendigará durante a ceifa, pois nada terá.

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Mashi Bible

Omwôlo arhahinga nk’abandi bâhinga, nka bakola basârûla ye murhanzi, ci lêrhaga!

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Im Herbst will der Faule nicht pflügen; begehrt er dann in der Ernte, so ist nichts da!

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

El que odia el trabajo no ara su arado debido al invierno; entonces, en el momento de cortar el grano, él estará pidiendo comida y no obtendrá nada.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

En otoño no ara el holgazán, Rebuscará en la cosecha y nada hallará.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) will not plow by reason of choref (winter, cold); therefore shall he beg at katzir (harvest), and have nothing.

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