Proverbs 6:6-11 Parallel Bible Translations

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	GWT God's Word Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
6	Consider the ant, you lazy bum. Watch its ways, and become wise.	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	Although it has no overseer, officer, or ruler,	Without having any chief, officer, or ruler,	It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
8	in summertime it stores its food supply. At harvest time it gathers its food.	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 lie there, you lazy bum? When will you get 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	\|Just a little sleep, just a little slumber, just a little nap.\|	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	Then your poverty will come [to you]like a drifter, and your need will come [to you]like a bandit.	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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