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Proverbs 26:13
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The sluggard says, "There is a fierce lion in the road!A lion is among the streets!"
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion is in the open square!"
The slouthfull saith, there is a lion in the way, and a lion in the middest of the streates.
The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!
The lazy man says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion is in the streets!"
The lazy one says, A lion is in the way, a lion is between the streets!
A person who is lazy and wants to stay home says, "What if there is a lion out there? Really, there might be a lion in the street!"
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"
The slothfull man sayth, There is a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets.
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
The slouthfull sayeth: there is a leoparde in ye waye, and a lyon in ye myddest of the stretes.
Loafers say, "It's dangerous out there! Tigers are prowling the streets!" and then pull the covers back over their heads.
The lazy person [who is self-indulgent and relies on lame excuses] says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion is in the open square [and if I go outside to work I will be killed]!"
The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!"
Don't be lazy and keep saying, "There's a lion outside!"
The lazy person says, "There's a lion in the streets! A lion is roaming loose out there!"
The slouthfull man sayth, A lyon is in the way: a lyon is in the streetes.
The sluggard says, when he is sent out, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"
The sluggard saith: 'There is a lion in the way; yea, a lion is in the streets.'
The lazy man says, "There is a lion in the way! There is a lion in the streets!"
The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
The slacker says, "A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!"
The lazy person says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"
Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways.
The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.
A lazy person says "A lion is in the road! A lion among the streets!"
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"
A lazy one says, "There is a lion on the road! A lion is in the public square!"
The lazy person says, "There's a lion in the road! There's a lion in the streets!"
Why don't lazy people ever get out of the house? What are they afraid of Lions?
The slacker says, "There's a lion in the road— a lion in the public square!"
A slow man seith, A lioun is in the weie, a liounnesse is in the foot pathis.
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"
The slothful hath said, `A lion [is] in the way, A lion [is] in the broad places.'
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 15:19, Proverbs 19:15, Proverbs 22:13
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 13:24 - a lion Proverbs 6:6 - thou Proverbs 12:24 - but Proverbs 13:4 - desireth Proverbs 19:24 - General Proverbs 20:4 - sluggard Proverbs 21:25 - General Haggai 1:2 - This Matthew 25:18 - and hid Matthew 25:25 - General Luke 16:3 - I cannot Luke 19:20 - Lord Romans 12:11 - slothful
Cross-References
"And the Lord has greatly blessed my master; he has become a wealthy man. The Lord has given him flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, a fortune in silver and gold, and many male and female servants and camels and donkeys.
They themselves will be wealthy, and their good deeds will last forever.
The blessing of the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow with it.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The slothful [man] saith,.... Within himself; or to such that excite him to diligence and industry, to go about the business of his calling, to till his field, and dress his vineyard. The Septuagint and Arabic versions add, "being sent into the way"; ordered by his master to go out to work, when he makes the following excuse:
[there is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets; in the way to his field or vineyard, and in the streets, where his business lies or leads unto it: a very idle excuse this; since lions are usually in woods, forests, and desert places, and not in public roads, and much less in streets of cities; see Proverbs 22:13. This may be applied to a man slothful in the duties of religion; the "way" and "streets" may denote public ordinances, which are the ways of God's appointing, prescribing, and directing to; and in which good men walk, and find pleasure and profit; and are the streets where Wisdom cries, or Christ is preached, and where he is sought for and found: but many are the excuses some men make not to attend them; see Luke 14:17; though they are vain, frivolous, and foolish, as this here; for in these ways and streets may true seen the feet of the messengers of peace; here the turtle's voice, the joyful sound of salvation by Christ, may be heard; here the Lamb of God is directed to, to be looked at, as taking away the sins of men, having been slain, and having shed his blood for the redemption of them: and though the terrible voice of the law may be sometimes heard, which is necessary to arouse and awaken sleepy sinners, and unhinge self-righteous persons from a dependence on the works of the law; yet, afterwards comes the still small voice of the Gospel, proclaiming freedom from the curse and condemnation of the law by Christ. Indeed, in some ages, there have been violent persecutors, comparable to lions; and informers have been in the way and in the streets, to terrify saints from their duty; but none of these could move them from it, nor separate fully gracious souls from their love to Christ: though carnal slothful professors are offended, when tribulation or persecution arise because of the word, these are lions to them; and, in times of peace and liberty, they can paint lions, very terrible to themselves, and raise such difficulties as are insuperable to them; a slight disorder of body, a small inclemency of the weather, little danger of catching cold, and the like, shall be a lion to them: not considering they have a devouring lion nearer them in their houses, chambers, and on their beds with them; even Satan, in whose clutches they are, who keeps their goods in peace, by whom they are led captive, and to whom they fall a prey: nor fearing the wrath of the King of kings, which is as the roaring of a lion: the wrath of God and of the Lamb, who is also the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and whose day of wrath will be such as none will be able to bear.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Compare the marginal reference note. Here there is greater dramatic vividness in the two words used:
(1) A roaring one,
(2) a lion, more specifically.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 26:13. The slothful man saith — Proverbs 22:13.
