Proverbs 10:5
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Proverbs 10:5 in other translations
| BSB | He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son. |
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| WEB | He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame. |
| ASV | He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; But he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. |
| YLT | Whoso is gathering in summer is a wise son, Whoso is sleeping in harvest is a son causing shame. |
| DARBY | He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. |
| BBE | He who in summer gets together his store is a son who does wisely; but he who takes his rest when the grain is being cut is a son causing shame. |
| Webster | He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. |
What does Proverbs 10:5 mean?
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Proverbs 10:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 10:5
- Proverbs 6:8
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
- Proverbs 30:25
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
- Proverbs 17:2
A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
- Proverbs 19:26
He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
- Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
- Proverbs 12:4
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
- Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
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Context
- Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
- Proverbs 10:5
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
- Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El que recoge en el estío es hombre entendido: el que duerme en el tiempo de la siega es hombre afrentoso. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Celui qui amasse en été est un fils sage; celui qui dort durant la moisson est un fils qui fait honte. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wer im Sommer einsammelt, ist ein einsichtsvoller Sohn; wer zur Erntezeit in tiefem Schlafe liegt, ist ein Sohn, der Schande bringt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui congregat in messe, filius sapiens est; qui autem stertit æstate, filius confusionis. |