Proverbs 16:26
King James Version (KJV)
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
In context
24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 16:26 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
- WEB World English Bible
- The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him on.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused [him] to bend over it.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The appetite of the labourer laboureth for him, for his mouth urgeth him on.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He that laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.