A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son
    and will share the inheritance as one of the family.

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A prudent servant will rule in place of a disgraceful son
    and will share in the inheritance among brothers.

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One who is slack in his work
    is brother to one who destroys.(A)

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Avoiding Fools and Their Foolishness

Whoever is lazy regarding his work
    is also a brother to the master of destruction.

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15 Laziness brings on deep sleep,
    and the shiftless go hungry.(A)

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15 Laziness puts one to sleep,
    and an idle person will go hungry.

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24 A sluggard buries his hand in the dish;
    he will not even bring it back to his mouth!(A)

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24 The lazy person buries his hand in his dish
    and doesn’t bother to bring it back to his mouth.

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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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Notas al pie

  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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The plans of the diligent lead to profit(A)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

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Plans of the persistent surely lead to productivity,
    but all who are hasty will surely become poor.

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17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
    whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.(A)

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17 Pleasure lovers become poor;
    loving wine and oil doesn’t bring riches.

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25 The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,(A)
    because his hands refuse to work.
26 All day long he craves for more,
    but the righteous(B) give without sparing.(C)

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25 What the lazy person craves will kill him,
    because his hands refuse to work.
26 All day long he continues to crave,
    while the righteous person gives without holding back.

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13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!(A)
    I’ll be killed in the public square!”

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13 The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside!
    I will be killed in the street!”

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Saying 6

29 Do you see someone skilled(A) in their work?
    They will serve(B) before kings;(C)
    they will not serve before officials of low rank.

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29 Do you see a man skilled in his work?
    He will work for kings, not unimportant people.

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Saying 25

10 If you falter in a time of trouble,
    how small is your strength!(A)

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10 If you grow weary when times are troubled,
    your strength is limited.[a]

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 24:10 Or undersized