Proverbs 10:26 As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are sluggards to those who send them.

◄ Proverbs 10:26 ►

Parallel Verses

New International Version
As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are sluggards to those who send them.

English Standard Version
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

New American Standard Bible
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy one to those who send him.

King James Bible
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so the slacker is to the one who sends him on an errand.

International Standard Version
As vinegar is to the mouth and smoke to the eyes, so is the lazy person to those who send him.

American Standard Version
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that sent him.

Darby Bible Translation
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

Young's Literal Translation
As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So is the slothful to those sending him.

Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

10:22. That wealth which is truly desirable, has no vexation of spirit in the enjoyment; no grief for the loss; no guilt by the abuse of it. What comes from the love of God, has the grace of God for its companion. 23. Only foolish and wicked men divert themselves with doing harm to others, or tempting to sin. 24. The largest desire of eternal blessings the righteous can form, will be granted. 25. The course of prosperous sinners is like a whirlwind, which soon spends itself, and is gone. 26. As vinegar sets the teeth on edge, and as the smoke causes the eyes to smart, so the sluggard vexes his employer. 27,28. What man is he that loves life? Let him fear God, and that will secure to him life enough in this world, and eternal life in the other.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

26. that is, causes vexation.