Proverbs 26 · Verse 13

Proverbs 26:13

The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

Proverbs 26:13, King James Version

Proverbs 26:13 in other translations

BSB	The slacker says, “A lion is in the road! A fierce lion roams the public square!”
WEB	The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!”
ASV	The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
YLT	The slothful hath said, ‘A lion is in the way, A lion is in the broad places.'
DARBY	The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!
BBE	The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Webster	The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

What does Proverbs 26:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

13. (Compare Pr 22:13).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 13 The slothful man saith - See the note on Pro 22:13 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

The slothful man hates every thing that requires care and labour. But it is foolish to frighten ourselves from real duties by fancied difficulties. This may be applied to a man slothful in the duties of religion.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 26:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559

עָ֭צֵל'A.tzela sluggardH6102

שַׁ֣חַלSha.chala lionH7826

בַּדָּ֑רֶךְba.Da.rekh[is] in the roadH1870

אֲ֝רִ֗י'a.Ria lionH738

בֵּ֣יןbein[is] betweenH996

הָרְחֹבֽוֹת\׃ha.re.cho.Votthe open placesH7339

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 26:13

Proverbs 22:13
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

15:19; 19:15; 22:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Proverbs 26:12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 26:13
The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
Proverbs 26:14
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.

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Proverbs 26:13 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Dice el perezoso: El león está en el camino; el león está en las calles.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Le paresseux dit: Il y a un lion rugissant sur le chemin, un lion dans les rues.
German Elberfelder 1871	Der Faule spricht: Der Brüller ist auf dem Wege, ein Löwe inmitten der Straßen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Dicit piger: Leo est in via, et leæna in itineribus.