Proverbs 6:7

New Living Translation

Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Without leader, administrator, or ruler,

Hebrew Names Version
Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,

King James Version
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

English Standard Version
Without having any chief, officer, or ruler,

New Century Version
Ants have no commander, no leader or ruler,

New English Translation
It has no commander, overseer, or ruler,

Amplified Bible
Which, having no chief, Overseer or ruler,

New American Standard Bible
Which, having no chief, Officer, or ruler,

World English Bible
Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,

Geneva Bible (1587)
For shee hauing no guide, gouernour, nor ruler,

Legacy Standard Bible
Which, having no chief,Officer or ruler,

Berean Standard Bible
Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,

Contemporary English Version
Ants don't have leaders,

Complete Jewish Bible
It has no chief, overseer or ruler;

Darby Translation
which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

Easy-to-Read Version
Ants have no ruler, no boss, and no leader.

George Lamsa Translation
Though having no harvest and no ruler over her, neither any one to guide her,

Good News Translation

Lexham English Bible
It has no chief, officer, or ruler.

Literal Translation
who, having no guide, overseer or ruler,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
She hath no gyde, no teacher, no leder:

American Standard Version
Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,

Bible in Basic English
Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

King James Version (1611)
Which hauing no guide, ouerseer, or ruler,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
She hath no guyde, nor ouerseer, nor ruler,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For whereas he has no husbandry, nor any one to compel him, and is under no master,

English Revised Version
Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Which whanne he hath no duyk, nethir comaundour, nether prince;

Update Bible Version
Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,

Webster's Bible Translation
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

New King James Version
Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler,

New Life Bible
She has no leader, head or ruler,

New Revised Standard
Without having any chief or officer or ruler,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain,

Revised Standard Version
Without having any chief, officer or ruler,

Young's Literal Translation
Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Which, having no chief, Officer or ruler,

Contextual Overview

⁶ Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise! ⁷ Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work, ⁸ they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter. ⁹ But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up? ¹⁰ A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— ¹¹ then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Job 38:39-41, Job 39:1-12, Job 39:26-30, Job 41:4-34

Reciprocal: Habakkuk 1:14 - no

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.

Genesis 6:2
The sons of God saw the beautiful women and took any they wanted as their wives.

Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years."

Genesis 6:4
In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.

Genesis 6:20
Pairs of every kind of bird, and every kind of animal, and every kind of small animal that scurries along the ground, will come to you to be kept alive.

Genesis 6:22
So Noah did everything exactly as God had commanded him.

Psalms 37:20
But the wicked will die. The Lord 's enemies are like flowers in a field— they will disappear like smoke.

Proverbs 10:27
Fear of the Lord lengthens one's life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.

Proverbs 16:4
The Lord has made everything for his own purposes, even the wicked for a day of disaster.

Hosea 4:3
That is why your land is in mourning, and everyone is wasting away. Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea are disappearing.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler. None to guide and direct her what to do; nor any to overlook her, to see that she does aright, or to oblige her to work, and keep her to it; nor any to call her to an account, and correct her for doing amiss; and nevertheless diligent and industrious, doing everything of herself, by the instinct of nature, readily and willingly: and yet how slothful are men; who, besides the dictates of nature, reason, and conscience, have parents, masters, ministers, and magistrates, to guide, direct, exhort, instruct, and enforce! so Aristotle k says of the ant, that it is

αγαρχος, without any ruler or governor.

k Hist. de Animal. l. 1. c. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The words express the wonder with which the Hebrew observer looked on the phenomena of insect life. “Guide,” better captain, as in Joshua 10:24. The Septuagint introduces here a corresponding reference to the industry of the bee.