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Proverbs 6:7

Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

KJV

Quæ cum non habeat ducem, nec præceptorem, nec principem,

Vulgate

ἐκείνῳ γὰρ γεωργίου μὴ ὑπάρχοντος, μηδὲ τὸν ἀναγκάζοντα ἔχων μηδὲ ὑπὸ δεσπότην ὤν,

LXX

Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,

ASV

אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֵֽין לָ֥/הּ קָצִ֗ין שֹׁטֵ֥ר וּ/מֹשֵֽׁל

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

5 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
ו
v
verb · 25×
מוֹשֵׁ֖ל
mvshl
verb · 82×
קָצִ֑ין
qtsyn
noun · 12×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 38:39 — Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,
  • Job 39:26 — Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
  • Job 41:4 — Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
  • Prov 30:27 — The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;