Proverbs 18:9
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English Standard Version
Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

New American Standard Bible
He also who is slack in his work Is brother to him who destroys.

King James Bible
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The one who is truly lazy in his work is brother to a vandal.

International Standard Version
Whoever is lazy regarding his work is also a brother to the master of destruction.

NET Bible
The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he whose hands are slack in his work is brother of the man who is a destroyer.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Whoever is lazy in his work is related to a vandal.

King James 2000 Bible
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

American King James Version
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

American Standard Version
He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works.

Darby Bible Translation
He also who is indolent in his work is brother of the destroyer.

English Revised Version
He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Webster's Bible Translation
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

World English Bible
One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

Young's Literal Translation
He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he is to a destroyer.
Lexicon
He also that is slothful
raphah  (raw-faw')
to slacken (in many applications, literal or figurative)
in his work
mla'kah  (mel-aw-kaw')
deputyship, i.e. ministry; generally, employment (never servile) or work (abstractly or concretely); also property (as the result of labor)
is brother
'ach  (awkh)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1) -- another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other.
to him that is a great
ba`al  (bah'-al)
a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense) + married, master, person, + sworn, they of.
waster
shachath  (shaw-khath')
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin -- batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, utterly, waste(-r).
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