⁶ Go to the ant, you lazy man!
    Observe its ways and become wise.
⁷ It has no commander,
    officer, or ruler,
⁸ but prepares its provisions in the summer
    and gathers its food in the harvest.
⁹ How long will you lie down, lazy man?
    When will you get up from your sleep?
¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest,
¹¹ and your poverty will come on you like a bandit
    and your desperation like an armed man.

⁵ Whoever harvests during summer acts wisely,
    but the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful.

¹¹ Whoever tills his soil will have a lot to eat,
    but anyone who pursues fantasies lacks sense.^[a]

²⁴ The diligent will take control,
    but the lazy will be put to forced labor.