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


In Context

1 Wine is a scorner — strong drink is noisy, And any going astray in it is not wise.

2 The fear of a king is a growl as of a young lion, He who is causing him to be wroth is wronging his soul.

3 An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

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

5 Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water, And a man of understanding draweth it up.

6 A multitude of men proclaim each his kindness, And a man of stedfastness who doth 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 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 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.