⁶ Go watch the ants, you lazy person.
    Watch ·what they do [^Lits paths] and ·be [or become] wise.
⁷ Ants have no commander,
    no leader or ruler,
⁸ but they ·store up [get their] food in the summer
    and gather their ·supplies [provisions] at harvest.
⁹ How long will you lie there, you lazy person?
    When will you get up from sleeping?
¹⁰ ·You sleep a little; you take a nap [^L“A little sleep, a little slumber”].
    ·You fold your hands and [^L“A little folding of the arms to…”] lie down to rest.
¹¹ So ·you will be as poor as if you had been robbed [^Lpoverty will come on you like a robber];
    ·you will have as little as if you had been held up [^Ldeprivation like a shielded warrior].

⁴ A ·lazy person will end up [^Lslack palm makes a person] poor,
but a ·hard worker will become [^Ldetermined hand makes a person] rich.

⁵ Those who gather crops ·on time [^Lin the summer] are wise,
but those who sleep through the harvest are a disgrace.

²⁶ A lazy person affects the one ·he works for [^Lwho sends him]
like vinegar on the teeth or smoke in the eyes [^Cirritating].

¹¹ Those who work their land will have plenty of food,
but the one who chases ·empty dreams [emptiness] ·is not wise [lacks sense/heart].

²⁴ Hard workers will ·become leaders [be in charge],
but those who are lazy will be ·slaves [put to forced labor].

²⁷ The lazy ·catch no food to cook [^Ldo not roast their prey],
but a hard worker will have great wealth.

⁴ The desire of the lazy is strong, but they get nothing,
but desire of those who work hard will be satisfied.

⁴ When there are no oxen, ·no food is in the barn [or the barn is empty].
But with a strong ox, much grain can be grown.

²³ Those who work hard make a profit,
but ·those who only talk will be poor [^Lthe word of the lips leads only to lack].

¹⁹ A lazy person’s ·life [^Lpath] is like a patch of thorns,
but an ·honest [virtuous] person’s ·life [path] is like a smooth highway.