Proverbs 22:13

The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

Berean Standard Bible
Other translations

King James Version

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

World English Bible

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”

American Standard Version

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.

Geneva Bible 1599

The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.

Darby Translation

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!

Young's Literal Translation

The slothful hath said, 'A lion [is] without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

Bible in Basic English

The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.

In context

12The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.

14The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

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