American Standard Version (1901)
The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
Proverbs 26:13
84 translations of 93 that include the Old Testament
ASV Byzantine Text
The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
Asang Khongca Bible
Thasae kami mah loe loklam ah kaipui oh; loklam ah hmawsaeng kaipui oh, tiah thuih.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs
Kolhnaw loh, “Longpuei ah sathueng ca, toltung ah sathueng om,” a ti.
Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019
Kolhnaw loh, “Longpuei ah sathueng ca, toltung ah sathueng om,” a ti.
Hawaiian Bible 1868
I ae la ka mea palaualelo, He liona ma ke ala, He liona iwaena o ke kuamoo.
English Berean Standard Bible
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
Haitian Creole Bible 1985
Parese a di: Gen bèt nan bwa sou wout la. Gen yon lyon nan lari a.
Clementine Vulgate 1598
[Dicit piger: Leo est in via, et leæna in itineribus.
Bible in Basic English
The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
French: Bible J.N. Darby
Le paresseux dit : Il y a un [lion] rugissant sur le chemin, un lion dans les rues.
Czech Kralická Bible 1613
Říká lenoch: Lev lítý jest na cestě, lev jest v ulici.
Kosraean Bible
Efu ku mwet alsrangesr se tia tufoki liki lohm sel? Mea el sangeng kac uh? Ya lion uh?
World Portuguese Bible
O preguiçoso diz: “Há um leão no caminho! Um leão feroz ronda as ruas!”
Romanian BTF Bible
Leneșul spune: Este un leu pe cale; un leu este pe străzi.
Brenton English Septuagint
A sluggard when sent on a journey says, There is a lion in the ways, and there are murderers in the streets.
Burmese Common Language Bible
ပျင်းရိသောသူက၊ အိမ်ပြင်မှာခြင်္သေ့ရှိ၏။ လမ်းတို့၌ ခြင်္သေ့ရှိ၏ဟု ဆိုတတ်၏။
Darby Translation
The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!
German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible
Der Faule spricht: Der Brüller ist auf dem Wege, ein Löwe inmitten der Straßen.
Dutch Bible 1917
De luiaard zegt: Er is een felle leeuw op den weg, een leeuw is op de straten.
Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius
De luiaard zegt: “Er loopt een wild beest op de weg, Er is een leeuw in de straten!”
Italian Diodati Bible
Il pigro dice: Il leopardo è in su la strada, Il leone è per le campagne .
Douay-Rheims 1899
The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.
Geneva Bible 1599
The slouthfull man sayth, A lyon is in the way: a lyon is in the streetes.
Noyes Bible
The slothful man saith, “There is a lion in the way; There is a lion in the streets.”
Danish Bible 1931
Den lade siger: “Et Rovdyr på Vejen, en Løve ude på Torvene!”
Leeser Tanakh
The slothful saith, There is a leopard in the way: a lion is between the streets.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
The sluggard saith: 'There is a lion in the way; yea, a lion is in the streets.'
King James Version
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
King James Version + Apocrypha
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Vietnamese Bible 1923
Kẻ biếng nhác nói: Có con sư tử ngoài đường; Một con sư tử ở trong đường phố.
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
Revised West Version
ʻOku pehē ʻe he tangata fakapikopiko, “ʻOku ai ʻae laione ʻi he hala: ʻoku ʻi he hala ʻoe kolo ʻae laione.”
French Ostervald Bible
Le paresseux dit: Le grand lion est dans le chemin; le lion est par les rues.
Esperanto Bible
Maldiligentulo diras: Leono estas sur la vojo, Leono estas sur la stratoj.
French Louis Segond 1910 Bible
Le paresseux dit: Il y a un lion sur le chemin, Il y a un lion dans les rues!
German Luther Bible 1912
Der Faule spricht: Es ist ein junger Löwe auf dem Wege und ein Löwe auf den Gassen.
LXX2012 U. S. English
A sluggard when sent on a journey says, There is a lion in the ways, and there are murderers in the streets.
British English Septuagint 2012
A sluggard when sent on a journey says, There is a lion in the ways, and there are murderers in the streets.
Majority Standard BIble
The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
Webster Bible
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Revised Version
The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Italian Riveduta Bible
Il pigro dice: “C’è un leone nella strada, c’è un leone per le vie!”
French Free Holy Bible for the World
Le paresseux dit : « Il y a un lion sur le chemin ! Un lion féroce rôde dans les rues ! »
Reina Valera 1909
Dice el perezoso: El león está en el camino; el león está en las calles.
Spanish BLL
Dice el perezoso: “¡Hay un león en el camino! ¡Un león feroz anda por las calles!”.
Spanish Free Bible for the World
Dice el perezoso: «El león está en el camino; el león está en las calles».
Croatian Bible
Lijenčina veli: “Zvijer je na putu, i lav je na ulicama.”
Serbian DK Bible (Latin)
Lenjivac govori: Ljuti je lav na putu, lav je na ulicama.
German Textbibel
Der Faule spricht: Ein Leu ist auf dem Wege, ein Löwe innerhalb der Straßen.
Updated Brenton English Septuagint
A sluggard when sent on a journey says, There is a lion in the ways, And there are murderers in the streets.
Hebrew OT (WLC)
אָמַ֣ר עָ֭צֵל שַׁ֣חַל בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ אֲ֝רִ֗י בֵּ֣ין הָרְחֹבֽוֹת׃
World English Bible
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
World English Bible (Catholic)
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
World English Bible British Edition
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
World English Bible Classic
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
World English Bible Updated
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
World Messianic Bible
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
World Messianic Bible British Edition
The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
Young's Literal Translation
The slothful hath said, 'A lion [is] in the way, A lion [is] in the broad places.'
SEPTUAGINTA
λέγει ὀκνηρὸς ἀποστελλόμενος εἰς ὁδόν· λέων ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς, ἐν δὲ ταῖς πλατείαις φονευταί.
Brenton Septuagint
Λέγει ὀκνηρὸς ἀποστελλόμενος εἰς ὁδὸν, λέων ἐν ταῖς ἐν δὲ ταῖς πλατείαις φονευταί.
Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)
Ленешул зиче: „Афарэ есте ун леу, пе улице есте ун леу!”
Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish
Лїнивий каже: „Лев на дорозї! лев на царинї!‟
Ukrainian Freedom Bible
Лїнивий каже: „Лев на дорозї! лев на царинї!‟
Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)
Лењивац говори: Љути је лав на путу, лав је на улицама.
Russian Synodal Bible
Ленивец говорит: “Лев на дороге! лев на площадях!”
Hebrew Masoretic OT
אָמַ֣ר עָ֭צֵל שַׁ֣חַל בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ אֲ֝רִ֗י בֵּ֣ין הָרְחֹבֹֽות׃
Modern Hebrew Bible
אמר עצל שחל בדרך ארי בין הרחבות׃
Arabic Van Dyck Bible
قَالَ ٱلْكَسْلَانُ: «ٱلْأَسَدُ فِي ٱلطَّرِيقِ، ٱلشِّبْلُ فِي ٱلشَّوَارِعِ!».
Old Persion Version Bible
کاهل میگوید که شیر در راه است، و اسددر میان کوچهها است.
Judson Burmese Bible
ပျင်းရိ သောသူက၊ အိမ် ပြင်မှာ ခြင်္သေ့ ရှိ၏။ လမ်း တို့၌ ခြင်္သေ့ ရှိ၏ဟု ဆို တတ်၏။
Korean Bible 1910
게으른 자는 길에 사자가 있다 거리에 사자가 있다 하느니라
Japanese Freedom Bible
怠け者は言う。「道に獅子がいる。 通りを獰猛な獅子が歩き回っている」と。
World Chinese Bible
懒惰人说：“路上有狮子！ 街上有猛狮游荡！”
Chinese Union Version (simplified)
懒惰人说：道上有猛狮， 街上有壮狮。
Chinese Union Version (traditional)
懶惰人說：道上有猛獅， 街上有壯獅。
Portuguese Bíblia Livre
O preguiçoso diz: Há uma fera no caminho; há um leão nas ruas.
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Mashi Bible
Omwôlo erhi engoromora eri emuhanda, «entale eri emuhanda!»
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German Schlachter Bible 1951
Der Faule spricht: «Es ist ein Löwe draußen, ein Leu ist mitten auf der Straße!»
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La Biblia en Español Sencillo
El que odia el trabajo dice: Hay un león en el camino; un león está en las calles.
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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)
Dice el perezoso: El león está en el camino, Hay un león en la plaza.
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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible
The atzel (sluggard, lazy one) saith, There is a lion in the derech; an ari is in the rechovot.
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