Proverbs 6:8
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
- KJV
- Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
- 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.
- DARBY
- provideth her bread in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
- BLB
- she prepares her bread in summer, she has gathered her food in the harvest.
- ÅB
- sørger den dog om sommeren for sitt livsopphold og sanker om høsten sin føde.
- OTB
- likevel forbereder den sin mat om sommeren og samler sin forsyning ved høst.
- B1930
- sørger den dog om sommeren for sitt livsophold og sanker om høsten sin føde.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 10:5
He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Read in context1 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.
Read in contextProverbs 30:25
The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
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