Verse (Click for Chapter) GOD'S WORD® Translation A lazy person does not plow in the fall. He looks for something in the harvest but finds nothing. American Standard Version The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. Berean Study Bible The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there. Douay-Rheims Bible Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him. English Revised Version The slothful will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. King James Bible The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. World English Bible The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. Young's Literal Translation Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing. Proverbs 20:4 Additional Translations ... Links Proverbs 20:4 NIVProverbs 20:4 NLT Proverbs 20:4 ESV Proverbs 20:4 NASB Proverbs 20:4 NKJV Proverbs 20:4 KJV |