Proverbs 22:13
World English Bible (WEB)
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
In context
11 He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.
12 The LORD’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit. He who is under the LORD’s wrath will fall into it.
15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 22:13 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”
- KJV King James Version
- The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain 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.