Proverbs 21:25
Modern Translations
New International Version
The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.

New Living Translation
Despite their desires, the lazy will come to ruin, for their hands refuse to work.

English Standard Version
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

Berean Study Bible
The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.

New American Standard Bible
The desire of the lazy one puts him to death, For his hands refuse to work;

NASB 1995
The desire of the sluggard puts him to death, For his hands refuse to work;

NASB 1977
The desire of the sluggard puts him to death, For his hands refuse to work;

Amplified Bible
The desire of the lazy kills him, For his hands refuse to labor;

Christian Standard Bible
A slacker’s craving will kill him because his hands refuse to work.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A slacker's craving will kill him because his hands refuse to work.

Contemporary English Version
If you want too much and are too lazy to work, it could be fatal.

Good News Translation
Lazy people who refuse to work are only killing themselves;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The desire of a lazy person will kill him because his hands refuse to work.

International Standard Version
What the lazy person craves will kill him, because his hands refuse to work.

NET Bible
What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

New King James Version
The desire of the lazy man kills him, For his hands refuse to labor.

King James 2000 Bible
The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.

New Heart English Bible
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

World English Bible
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.

American King James Version
The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.

American Standard Version
The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

A Faithful Version
The desire of the lazy man kills him, for his hands refuse to work.

Darby Bible Translation
The desire of the sluggard killeth him; for his hands refuse to work:

English Revised Version
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.

Webster's Bible Translation
The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labor.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The desire of the slouthfull slayeth him: for his hands refuse to worke.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The desire of the slouthfull kylleth him: for his handes wyll not labour.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is his owne death, for his hades wyll not labor.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
The desire of the slothful slays him, "" For his hands have refused to work.

Young's Literal Translation
The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.

Smith's Literal Translation
The desire of the slothful shall kill him, for his hands refused to work,

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Desires kill the slothful: for his hands have refused to work at all.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Desires kill the lazy, for his hands are not willing to work at all.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The lust of the lazy one kills him, because he does not choose to work with his hands.

Lamsa Bible
The desire of the sluggard kills him; for his hands refuse to labor.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The desire of the slothful killeth him; For his hands refuse to labour.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Desires kill the sluggard; for his hands do not choose to do anything.
















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