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the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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New King James Version

Proverbs 10:5

He who gathers in summer is a wise son; He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Harvest;   Idleness;   Industry;   Slothfulness;   Summer;   Thompson Chain Reference - Agriculture;   Agriculture-Horticulture;   Business Life;   Harvest;   Honour-Dishonour;   Indolent Sleep;   Industry;   Shame;   Sleep;   Sleep-Wakefulness;   Virtues;   Work, Physical;   The Topic Concordance - Children;   Harvest;   Laziness;   Shame;   Wisdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Harvest, the;   Summer;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Proverb, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Family;   Time;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Harvest;   Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Shame;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prov'erbs, Book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Summer;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Harvest;   Poetry, Hebrew;   Seasons;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
A wise youth harvests in the summer, but one who sleeps during harvest is a disgrace.
Update Bible Version
He that gathers in summer is a wise son; [But] he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.
New Century Version
Those who gather crops on time are wise, but those who sleep through the harvest are a disgrace.
New English Translation
The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during the harvest is a son who brings shame to himself.
Webster's Bible Translation
He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
World English Bible
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, But he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
Amplified Bible
He who gathers during summer and takes advantage of his opportunities is a son who acts wisely, But he who sleeps during harvest and ignores the moment of opportunity is a son who acts shamefully.
English Standard Version
He who gathers in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who brings shame.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He that gaderith togidere in heruest, is a wijs sone; but he that slepith in sommer, is a sone of confusioun.
English Revised Version
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Berean Standard Bible
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
Contemporary English Version
At harvest season it's smart to work hard, but stupid to sleep.
American Standard Version
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; But he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Bible in Basic English
He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame.
Complete Jewish Bible
A sensible person gathers in summer, but he who sleeps during harvest is an embarrassment.
Darby Translation
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Easy-to-Read Version
A son who works hard while it is harvest time will be successful, but one who sleeps through the harvest is worthless.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A wise son gathereth in summer; but a son that doeth shamefully sleepeth in harvest.
King James Version (1611)
Hee that gathereth in Summer, is a wise sonne: but hee that sleepeth in haruest, is a sonne that causeth shame.
New Life Bible
A son who gathers in summer is wise, but a son who sleeps during gathering time brings shame.
New Revised Standard
A child who gathers in summer is prudent, but a child who sleeps in harvest brings shame.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He that gathereth in sommer, is the sonne of wisdome: but he that sleepeth in haruest, is the sonne of confusion.
George Lamsa Translation
He who works in summer is a wise man; but he who sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame.
Good News Translation
A sensible person gathers the crops when they are ready; it is a disgrace to sleep through the time of harvest.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
He that gathereth in summer, is a prudent son, he that sleepeth long in harvest, is a son causing shame.
Douay-Rheims Bible
He that gathereth in the harvest, is a wise son: but he that snorteth in the summer, is the son of confusion.
Revised Standard Version
A son who gathers in summer is prudent, but a son who sleeps in harvest brings shame.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Who so gathereth in sommer is wyse: but he that is sluggishe in haruest, bringeth hym selfe to confusion.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A wise son is saved from heat: but a lawless son is blighted of the winds in harvest.
Christian Standard Bible®
The son who gathers during summer is prudent;the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful.
Hebrew Names Version
He who gathers in summer is a wise son, But he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.
King James Version
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Lexham English Bible
He who gathers in the summer is a child who is prudent; he who sleeps at the harvest is a child who brings shame.
Literal Translation
He who gathers in summer is a prudent son; he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.
Young's Literal Translation
Whoso is gathering in summer [is] a wise son, Whoso is sleeping in harvest [is] a son causing shame.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Who so gathereth in Sommer, is wyse: but he that is slogish in haruest, bringeth himself to confucion.
THE MESSAGE
Make hay while the sun shines—that's smart; go fishing during harvest—that's stupid.
New American Standard Bible
He who gathers in summer is a son who acts wisely, But he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He who gathers in summer is a son who acts wisely, But he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully.
Legacy Standard Bible
He who gathers in summer is a son who acts insightfully,But he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully.

Contextual Overview

5 He who gathers in summer is a wise son; He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

gathereth: Proverbs 6:6, Proverbs 6:8, Proverbs 30:25, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7

a son: Proverbs 12:4, Proverbs 17:2, Proverbs 19:26

Reciprocal: Proverbs 14:35 - him Proverbs 19:15 - and Proverbs 27:25 - hay Proverbs 29:15 - a child Jeremiah 8:20 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
1 Chronicles 1:5-27">[xr] Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood.
Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD."
Genesis 10:20
These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.
Genesis 10:25
To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan.
Psalms 72:10
The kings of Tarshish and of the isles Will bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba Will offer gifts.
Isaiah 24:15
Therefore glorify the LORD in the dawning light, The name of the LORD God of Israel in the coastlands of the sea.
Isaiah 40:15
Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, And are counted as the small dust on the scales; Look, He lifts up the isles as a very little thing.
Isaiah 41:5
The coastlands saw it and feared, The ends of the earth were afraid; They drew near and came.
Isaiah 42:4
He will not fail nor be discouraged, Till He has established justice in the earth; And the coastlands shall wait for His law."
Isaiah 42:10
Sing to the LORD a new song, And His praise from the ends of the earth, You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, You coastlands and you inhabitants of them!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son,.... Which is the time of gathering the fruits of the earth, and laying them up against winter, as the ant is said to do, Proverbs 6:8;

[but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame; to himself, and to his parents and relations. The sum of the proverb is, that, in the time of health and youth, persons should be active and industrious in their several callings and stations, and provide against a time of sickness and old age; and that they should lose no opportunities, neither in a natural nor spiritual way, of doing or receiving good.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The son is called upon to enter upon the labors of others, and reap where they have sown. To sleep when the plenteous harvest lies ready for the sickle is the most extreme laziness.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 10:5. He that gathereth in summer — All the work of the field should be done in the season suitable to it. If summer and harvest be neglected, in vain does a man expect the fruits of autumn.


 
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