Proverbs 6:7
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Proverbs 6:7 in other translations
| BSB | Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, |
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| WEB | which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, |
| ASV | Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, |
| YLT | Which hath not captain, overseer, and ruler, |
| DARBY | which having no chief, overseer, or ruler, |
| BBE | Having no chief, overseer, or ruler, |
| Webster | Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, |
What does Proverbs 6:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 6:6-8
6-8. The improvident sluggards usually want sureties. Hence, such are advised to industry by the ant's example.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 6:6-11
Diligence in business is every man's wisdom and duty; not so much that he may attain worldly wealth, as that he may not be a burden to others, or a scandal to the church. The ants are more diligent than slothful men. We may learn wisdom from the meanest insects, and be shamed by them. Habits of indolence and indulgence grow upon people. Thus life runs to waste; and poverty, though at first at a distance, gradually…
Proverbs 6:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 6:7
- Job 38:39-39:12
Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? …
- Proverbs 30:27
The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
- Job 39:26-30
Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. …
- Job 41:4-34
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? …
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Context
- Proverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
- Proverbs 6:7
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
- Proverbs 6:8
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Proverbs 6:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | La cual no teniendo capitán, ni gobernador, ni señor, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Elle qui n’a ni chef, ni surveillant, ni gouverneur, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie, die keinen Richter, Vorsteher und Gebieter hat, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quæ cum non habeat ducem, nec præceptorem, nec principem, |