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Proverbs 26:13

The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”

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  • WEB World English Bible

    The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”

  • KJV King James Version

    The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    The sluggard saith: 'There is a lion in the way; yea, a lion is in the streets.'

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Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to Proverbs 26:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Proverbs 22:13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
  • Proverbs 19:15 Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Proverbs 15:19 The way of the sluggard is like a thorn patch, but the path of the upright is a highway.

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Explain this verse (17 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Read Prov. 22:13.

Read Prov. 22:13.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 26:13 The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To excuse his idleness, and keeping himself at home.…
Matthew Henry 1710 · Public Domain When a man talks foolishly we say, He talks…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The slothful man saith,.... Within himself; or to such…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 13. The slothful man saith] See Clarke on…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Pro 26:13-16. The slothful man saith, &c. — “In…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Compare the marginal reference note. Here there is greater…
Charles Bridges 1846 · Public Domain 13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain (Compare Pro 22:13).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 13. Lion in the way — Compare Pro_22:13, where…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. Almost identical with Pro_22:13, where see note.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (13) The slothful man saith, There is a lion…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 13-16. Proverbs concerning the sluggard.
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain The slothful man saith, There is a lion in…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 The lazy person says, "There is a lion ...…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 26:13-16 The lazy person: See 6:6-11; 10:4-5; 15:19; 22:13.

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