Proverbs 6:6-11 Parallel Bible Translations

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6 Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom. Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
7 For though she has no ruler, nor instructor, nor leader, Without having any chief, officer, or ruler, It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
8 she provides meals for herself in the summer, and she gathers at the harvest what she may eat. she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest. yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
9 How long will you slumber, you lazy one? When will you rise up from your sleep? How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
10 You will sleep a little, you will slumber a little, you will fold your hands a little to sleep, A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
11 and then destitution will meet with you, like a traveler, and poverty, like an armed man. Yet truly, if you would be diligent, then your harvest will arrive like a fountain, and destitution will flee far from you. and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
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