Proverbs 20:4

New International Version

⁴Sluggards^(A) do not plow in season;
so at harvest time they look but find nothing.^(B)

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Proverbs 20:4

King James Version

⁴The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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Proverbs 20:4

New King James Version

⁴^(A)The lazy man will not plow because of winter;
^(B)He will beg during harvest and have nothing.

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Proverbs 20:4

English Standard Version

⁴^(A)The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
^(B)he will seek at harvest and have nothing.

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Proverbs 20:4

New American Standard Bible

⁴The ^[a]^(A)lazy one does not plow after the autumn,
So he ^[b]begs during the harvest and has nothing.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 20:4 Lit idle
Proverbs 20:4 Lit asks

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