Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. New Living Translation Lazy people take food in their hand but don’t even lift it to their mouth. English Standard Version The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth. Berean Standard Bible The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth. King James Bible The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. New King James Version The lazy man buries his hand in the bowl; It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth. New American Standard Bible A lazy one buries his hand in the dish; He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again. NASB 1995 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again. NASB 1977 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again. Legacy Standard Bible The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He is too weary to return it to his mouth. Amplified Bible The lazy person buries his hand in the dish [losing opportunity after opportunity]; It wearies him to bring it back to his mouth. Christian Standard Bible The slacker buries his hand in the bowl; he is too weary to bring it to his mouth! Holman Christian Standard Bible The slacker buries his hand in the bowl; he is too weary to bring it to his mouth. American Standard Version The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The lazy one that hides his hands in his chest will labor to bring them to his mouth. Brenton Septuagint Translation A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth. Contemporary English Version Some of us are so lazy that we won't lift a hand to feed ourselves. Douay-Rheims Bible The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth. English Revised Version The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; it wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth. GOD'S WORD® Translation A lazy person puts his fork in his food. He wears himself out as he brings it back to his mouth. Good News Translation Some people are too lazy to put food in their own mouths. International Standard Version The lazy person buries his hand in the dish, but he's too tired to bring it to his mouth again. JPS Tanakh 1917 The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it back to his mouth. Literal Standard Version The slothful has hid his hand in a dish, | He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth. Majority Standard Bible The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth. New American Bible The sluggard buries a hand in the dish, too weary to lift it to the mouth. NET Bible The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. New Revised Standard Version The lazy person buries a hand in the dish, and is too tired to bring it back to the mouth. New Heart English Bible The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. Webster's Bible Translation The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. World English Bible The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. Young's Literal Translation The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Similitudes and Instructions…14As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed. 15The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth. 16The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.… Cross References Genesis 6:6 And the LORD regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. Proverbs 19:24 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth. Treasury of Scripture The slothful hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth. slothful Proverbs 19:24 A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. it grieveth him or he is weary Jump to Previous Basin Bosom Buries Burieth Deep Dish Grieveth Hand Hater Hid Hideth Lazy Mouth Puts Slothful Sluggard Wearieth Weariness Wears Weary WorkJump to Next Basin Bosom Buries Burieth Deep Dish Grieveth Hand Hater Hid Hideth Lazy Mouth Puts Slothful Sluggard Wearieth Weariness Wears Weary WorkProverbs 26 1. observations about fools13. about sluggards 17. and about contentious busybodies (15) The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom.--See above on Proverbs 19:24.Verse 15. - Very nearly identical with Proverbs 19:24. It forms a climax to the two preceding verses. Wordsworth takes "the dish" as a type of sensual pleasure, which the slothful loves, while he has no liking for active work. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The sluggardעָצֵ֣ל (‘ā·ṣêl) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6102: Sluggish, lazy buries טָ֘מַ֤ן (ṭā·man) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2934: To hide, conceal his hand יָ֭דוֹ (yā·ḏōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3027: A hand in the dish; בַּצַּלָּ֑חַת (baṣ·ṣal·lā·ḥaṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6747: Something advanced, deep, a bowl, the bosom he is too lazy נִ֝לְאָ֗ה (nil·’āh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3811: To tire, to be, disgusted to bring it back לַֽהֲשִׁיבָ֥הּ (la·hă·šî·ḇāh) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to his mouth. פִּֽיו׃ (pîw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to Links Proverbs 26:15 NIVProverbs 26:15 NLT Proverbs 26:15 ESV Proverbs 26:15 NASB Proverbs 26:15 KJV Proverbs 26:15 BibleApps.com Proverbs 26:15 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 26:15 Chinese Bible Proverbs 26:15 French Bible Proverbs 26:15 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 26:15 The sluggard buries his hand (Prov. 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