Proverbs 22:13

Amplified Bible

¹³
The lazy one [manufactures excuses and] says, “There is a lion outside!
I will be killed in the streets [if I go out to work]!”

Proverbs 22:13

New American Standard Bible

¹³The ^[a]^(A)lazy one says, “There is a lion outside;
I will be killed in the streets!”

²⁹
Do you see a man skillful and experienced in his work?
He will stand [in honor] before kings;
He will not stand before obscure men.

²⁹Do you see a person skilled in his work?
He will ^(A)stand before kings;
He will not stand before obscure people.

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New American Standard Bible (NASB)