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

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A lazy person doesn’t plow in the proper[a] season;
    he looks for a harvest, but there is nothing.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:4 The Heb. lacks proper

13 Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;(A)
    stay awake and you will have food to spare.

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13 Do not love sleep or you’ll become poor,
    keep your eyes open and you’ll have plenty of food.

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