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


In Context

1 Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

2 A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion; he who angers him forfeits his life.

3 It is to a man's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.

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

5 The purposes of a man's heart are deep waters, but a man of understanding draws them out.

6 Many a man claims to have unfailing love, 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 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 American Standard Version 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 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.