8provideth her bread in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.


In Context

5 deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:

7 which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

8 provideth her bread in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

9 How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

Proverbs 6:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:8Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:8yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:8Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:8Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:8Provideth her provisions in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:8provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:8She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:8Provides her meat in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.