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Proverbs 20:4
4The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Proverbs 20:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- New International Version (NIV)Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
Context of Proverbs 20:4
2The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. 3It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it. The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. 5Counsel in the heart of man is deep water, and a man of understanding draweth it out. 6Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; but a faithful man who shall find?
Read all of Proverbs 20Proverbs 20:4 word by word
מֵ֭חֹרֶף עָצֵ֣ל לֹא־יַחֲרֹ֑שׁ וְשָׁאַ֖ל בַּקָּצִ֣יר וָאָֽיִן׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 20:4
- Proverbs 10:4He cometh to want that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
- Proverbs 26:13The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!
- Proverbs 6:10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
- Proverbs 24:34So shall thy poverty come [as] a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.
- Matthew 25:3They that were foolish took their torches and did not take oil with them;
- 2 Peter 1:5But for this very reason also, using therewith all diligence, in your faith have also virtue, in virtue knowledge,
Commentaries on Proverbs 20:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4The sluggard will not plough - For other parts of this character, see the preceding chapter, Proverbs 19 (note). It is seldom that there is a season of very cold weather in Palestine; very cold days sometimes occur, with wind, rain, and sleet. They begin their ploughing in the latter end of September, and sow their early wheat by the middle of October. And this is often the case in England itself. The meaning of the proverb is: the slothful man, under the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Plowing time in Palestine is in November and December, when the wind blows commonly from the North.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4Verse 4 He who labours and endures hardship in his seed-time for eternity, will be properly diligent as to his earthly business.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. shall ... beg--literally, "ask" (in this sense, Psa 109:10).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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