4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.


In Context

1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; And whosoever erreth thereby is not wise.

2 The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: He that provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own life.

3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.

4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

5 Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; But a man of understanding will draw it out.

6 Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness; But a faithful man who can find?

Proverbs 20:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:4A sluggard does not plow in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:4Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4The sluggard will not plough by reason of the winter; he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:4The slothful will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:4Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.