Proverbs 6:7

Proverbs 6:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
• English Standard Version (ESV)Without having any chief, officer, or ruler,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler,
• New Living Translation (NLT)Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work,

Context of Proverbs 6:7

5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. 6Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, 8yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. 9How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?

Proverbs 6:7 word by word

אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֵֽין־לָ֥הּ קָצִ֗ין שֹׁטֵ֥ר וּמֹשֵֽׁל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Which having no guideקָצִיןqâtsîyn · chiefH7101
• overseerשֹׁטֵרshôţêr · officialH7860
• or rulerמָשַׁלmâshal · to ruleH4910

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:7

• Proverbs 4:1Listen, my sons, to a father’s instruction; pay attention and gain understanding.
• Proverbs 8:32“Now then, my children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways.
• Proverbs 22:17Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,
• Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?
• Proverbs 3:21My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, preserve sound judgment and discretion;
• Proverbs 4:21Do not let them out of your sight, keep them within your heart;

Commentaries on Proverbs 6:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The words express the wonder with which the Hebrew observer looked on the phenomena of insect life. “Guide,” better captain, as in Joshua 10:24. The Septuagint introduces here a corresponding reference to the industry of the bee.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Diligence in business is every man's wisdom and duty; not so much that he may attain worldly wealth, as that he may not be a burden to others, or a scandal to the church. The ants are more diligent than slothful men. We may learn wisdom from the meanest insects, and be shamed by them. Habits of indolence and indulgence grow upon people. Thus life runs to waste; and poverty, though at first at a distance, gradually draws near, like a traveller…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-11Lazy people sleep instead of preparing for what they need (see also Proverbs 24:33–34). They are the opposite of self-motivated and hardworking ants. Extra sleep and more slumber sarcastically describe a lazy person’s ambition.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-86-8. The improvident sluggards usually want sureties. Hence, such are advised to industry by the ant's example.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 6:7

• Animals
• Ant
• Diligence
• Idleness
• Slothfulness
• Summer
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Hunt
• Lust
• Naughtiness
• Suddenly
• Teach
• Guide
• Hezekiah (2)
• James, Epistle of
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Ruler

Commentaries on Proverbs 6

• 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