Proverbs 22:13
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
In context
11 He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
12 The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
13 The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 22:13 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
- KJV King James Version
- The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
- WEB World English Bible
- The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
- ASV American Standard Version
- The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- The slothful hath said, 'A lion [is] without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
- WBS Webster Bible
- The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.