Proverbs 6:6-11 Parallel Bible Translations

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	NLT New Living Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
6	Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their 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	Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work,	Without having any chief, officer, or ruler,	It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
8	they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter.	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	But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up?	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	A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—	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 poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.	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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