Proverbs 20:4
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New International Version (©1984)
A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The sluggard does not plow after the autumn, So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
A lazy person does not plow in the fall. He looks for something in the harvest but finds nothing.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

World English Bible
The sluggard will not plow 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.

Geneva Study Bible

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

King James Translators' Notes

cold: or, winter

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

4. shall . beg-literally, "ask" (in this sense, Ps 109:10).

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

20:1 It seems hard to believe that men of the greatest abilities, as well as the ignorant, should render themselves fools and madmen, merely for the taste or excitement produced by strong liquors. 2. How formidable kings are to those who provoke them! how much more foolish then is it to provoke the King of kings! 3. To engage in quarrels is the greatest folly that can be. Yield, and even give up just demands, for peace' sake. 4. He who labours and endures hardship in his seed-time for eternity, will be properly diligent as to his earthly business.


Proverbs 13:4 The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, But the soul of the diligent is made fat.
Proverbs 21:25 The desire of the sluggard puts him to death, For his hands refuse to work; (NASB ©1995)

Autumn Beg Begs Cold Finds Food Grain-Cutting Harvest Hater Looks Plough Plougheth Ploughing Plow Reason Requesting Season Seek Slothful Sluggard Time Winter Work


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

sluggard 10:4 19:15,24 26:13-16

cold 6:10,11 19:15 24:34 Mt 25:3-10,24-28 2Pe 1:5-11

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