The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
WEB
The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
YLT
The soul of the slothful is desiring, and hath not. And the soul of the diligent is made fat.
DBT
A sluggard's soul desireth and hath nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.