Proverbs 6:6-8

New International Version

⁶Go to the ant, you sluggard;^(A)
    consider its ways and be wise!
⁷It has no commander,
    no overseer or ruler,
⁸yet it stores its provisions in summer^(B)
    and gathers its food at harvest.^(C)

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Proverbs 6:6-8

New King James Version

The Folly of Indolence

⁶^(A)Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,
⁷Which, having no ^[a]captain,
Overseer or ruler,
⁸Provides her ^[b]supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest.

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Footnotes

Proverbs 6:7 Lit. leader
Proverbs 6:8 Lit. bread

Proverbs 6:6-8

English Standard Version

⁶^(A)Go to ^(B)the ant, O ^(C)sluggard;
    consider her ways, and ^(D)be wise.
⁷^(E)Without having any chief,
    ^(F)officer, or ruler,
⁸she prepares her bread ^(G)in summer
    and ^(H)gathers her food in harvest.