Proverbs 22:13
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
KJV
Dicit piger : Leo est foris ; in medio platearum occidendus sum.
Vulgate
προφασίζεται καὶ λέγει ὀκνηρός Λέων ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς, ἐν δὲ ταῖς πλατείαις φονευταί.
LXX
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.
ASV
אָמַ֣ר עָ֭צֵל אֲרִ֣י בַ/ח֑וּץ בְּ/ת֥וֹךְ רְ֝חֹב֗וֹת אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַרְיֵה֙
'ryh
noun · 81×
ה
h
noun · 164×
הָ
h
noun · 43×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
עָצֵ֣ל
'tsl
adjective · 14×
רֹצֵ֔חַ
rtsch
verb · 47×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 11:4 — He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
- Num 13:32 — And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants
- Prov 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
- Prov 12:24 — The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
- Prov 15:19 — The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
- Prov 15:19 — The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
- Prov 24:31 — And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
- Prov 26:13 — The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
- Prov 26:13 — The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.