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Contemporary English Version
Proverbs 19:15
If you are lazy and sleep your time away, you will starve.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Laziness induces deep sleep,and a lazy person will go hungry.
Laziness induces deep sleep,and a lazy person will go hungry.
Hebrew Names Version
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
King James Version
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
English Standard Version
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
New American Standard Bible
Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And a lazy person will suffer hunger.
Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And a lazy person will suffer hunger.
New Century Version
Lazy people sleep a lot, and idle people will go hungry.
Lazy people sleep a lot, and idle people will go hungry.
Amplified Bible
Laziness casts one into a deep sleep [unmindful of lost opportunity], And the idle person will suffer hunger.
Laziness casts one into a deep sleep [unmindful of lost opportunity], And the idle person will suffer hunger.
World English Bible
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Slouthfulnes causeth to fall asleepe, and a deceitfull person shall be affamished.
Slouthfulnes causeth to fall asleepe, and a deceitfull person shall be affamished.
Legacy Standard Bible
Laziness casts into a deep sleep,And a slack‑handed soul will suffer hunger.
Laziness casts into a deep sleep,And a slack‑handed soul will suffer hunger.
Berean Standard Bible
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Complete Jewish Bible
Laziness makes people fall asleep, and an idle person will go hungry.
Laziness makes people fall asleep, and an idle person will go hungry.
Darby Translation
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Easy-to-Read Version
Laziness brings on sleep, and an appetite for rest brings on hunger.
Laziness brings on sleep, and an appetite for rest brings on hunger.
George Lamsa Translation
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and a proud man shall suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and a proud man shall suffer hunger.
Good News Translation
Go ahead and be lazy; sleep on, but you will go hungry.
Go ahead and be lazy; sleep on, but you will go hungry.
Lexham English Bible
Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger.
Laziness will bring on a deep sleep, and a person of idleness will suffer hunger.
Literal Translation
Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Laziness makes one fall into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.
Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.
American Standard Version
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Bible in Basic English
Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
Hate of work sends deep sleep on a man: and he who has no industry will go without food.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
King James Version (1611)
Slouthfulnesse casteth into a deep sleepe: and an idle soule shall suffer hunger.
Slouthfulnesse casteth into a deep sleepe: and an idle soule shall suffer hunger.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger.
Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Cowardice possesses the effeminate man; and the soul of the sluggard shall hunger.
Cowardice possesses the effeminate man; and the soul of the sluggard shall hunger.
English Revised Version
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Slouth bringith in sleep; and a negligent soule schal haue hungur.
Slouth bringith in sleep; and a negligent soule schal haue hungur.
Update Bible Version
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Webster's Bible Translation
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
New English Translation
Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.
New King James Version
Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.
Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.
New Living Translation
Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry.
Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry.
New Life Bible
Being lazy makes one go into a deep sleep, and a lazy man will suffer from being hungry.
Being lazy makes one go into a deep sleep, and a lazy man will suffer from being hungry.
New Revised Standard
Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.
Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Sloth, falleth into a deep sleep, and, a soul that is indolent, shall famish.
Sloth, falleth into a deep sleep, and, a soul that is indolent, shall famish.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Revised Standard Version
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
Young's Literal Translation
Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.
THE MESSAGE
Life collapses on loafers; lazybones go hungry.
Life collapses on loafers; lazybones go hungry.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Laziness casts into a deep sleep, And an idle man will suffer hunger.
Laziness casts into a deep sleep, And an idle man will suffer hunger.
Contextual Overview
15 If you are lazy and sleep your time away, you will starve.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
casteth: Proverbs 19:24, Proverbs 6:9, Proverbs 6:10, Proverbs 20:13, Proverbs 23:21, Proverbs 24:33, Isaiah 56:10, Romans 13:11, Romans 13:12, Ephesians 5:14
and: Proverbs 10:4, Proverbs 10:5, Proverbs 20:13, Proverbs 23:21, 2 Thessalonians 3:10
Reciprocal: Genesis 2:21 - General 2 Samuel 11:2 - arose from 2 Samuel 19:7 - comfortably unto thy Proverbs 6:6 - thou Proverbs 12:24 - but Proverbs 20:4 - sluggard Proverbs 26:13 - General Matthew 20:3 - standing Matthew 20:6 - Why Luke 16:3 - I cannot 1 Thessalonians 5:6 - let us not 2 Peter 1:8 - barren
Cross-References
Genesis 19:4
Before Lot and his guests could go to bed, every man in Sodom, young and old, came and stood outside his house
Before Lot and his guests could go to bed, every man in Sodom, young and old, came and stood outside his house
Genesis 19:5
and started shouting, "Where are your visitors? Send them out, so we can have sex with them!"
and started shouting, "Where are your visitors? Send them out, so we can have sex with them!"
Genesis 19:7
Then he said, "Friends, please don't do such a terrible thing!
Then he said, "Friends, please don't do such a terrible thing!
Genesis 19:8
I have two daughters who have never been married. I'll bring them out, and you can do what you want with them. But don't harm these men. They are guests in my home."
I have two daughters who have never been married. I'll bring them out, and you can do what you want with them. But don't harm these men. They are guests in my home."
Genesis 19:17
When they were outside, one of the angels said, "Run for your lives! Don't even look back. And don't stop in the valley. Run to the hills, where you will be safe."
When they were outside, one of the angels said, "Run for your lives! Don't even look back. And don't stop in the valley. Run to the hills, where you will be safe."
Genesis 19:22
Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you are safely there." The town was later called Zoar because Lot had said it was small.
Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you are safely there." The town was later called Zoar because Lot had said it was small.
Genesis 19:24
and the Lord sent burning sulfur down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah.
and the Lord sent burning sulfur down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah.
Genesis 19:25
He destroyed those cities and everyone who lived in them, as well as their land and the trees and grass that grew there.
He destroyed those cities and everyone who lived in them, as well as their land and the trees and grass that grew there.
Genesis 19:27
That same morning Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood and spoken with the Lord .
That same morning Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood and spoken with the Lord .
2 Corinthians 6:2
In the Scriptures God says, "When the time came, I listened to you, and when you needed help, I came to save you." That time has come. This is the day for you to be saved.
In the Scriptures God says, "When the time came, I listened to you, and when you needed help, I came to save you." That time has come. This is the day for you to be saved.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep,.... Slothful persons are generally sleepy, and are very desirous of sleep, and indulge themselves in it; they spend their time, day and night, in sleep and drowsiness; and are quite careless and unconcerned about either their temporal or eternal good; see Proverbs 6:9;
and an idle soul shall suffer hunger; and perish with it, both in a temporal and spiritual sense: an idle person, that will not work, ought not to eat; and an idle soul, or one that is unconcerned about his soul, and the spiritual food of it, shall perish for want of it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Casteth into a deep sleep - Better, causeth deep sleep to fall.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 19:15. Into a deep sleep — תרדמה tardemah, the same into which Adam was thrown, before Eve was taken from his side. Sloth renders a man utterly unconscious of all his interests. Though he has frequently felt hunger, yet he is regardless that his continual slothfulness must necessarily plunge him into more sufferings.
