The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
WEB
The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there.
YLT
Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.
DBT
The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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.