Proverbs 6:8
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
Proverbs 6:8 in other translations
| BSB | it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest. |
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| WEB | provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. |
| ASV | Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest. |
| YLT | She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food. |
| DARBY | provideth her bread in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. |
| BBE | She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting. |
| Webster | Provideth her provisions in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. |
What does Proverbs 6:8 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 6:8 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 6:8
- Proverbs 10:5
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
- 1 Timothy 6:19
Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
- Proverbs 30:25
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
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Context
- 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 6:9
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Proverbs 6:8 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Prepara en el verano su comida y allega en el tiempo de la siega su mantenimiento. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | elle prépare en été son pain, elle amasse pendant la moisson sa nourriture. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | sie bereitet im Sommer ihr Brot, hat in der Ernte ihre Nahrung eingesammelt. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | parat in æstate cibum sibi, et congregat in messe quod comedat. |