NET Bible
"The sluggard has said,“There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”"
— Proverbs 26:13, NET Bible
“The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.”
“The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets. ”
“The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce lion roams the streets!"”
“The slothful man saith: There is a lion in the way, and a lioness in the roads.”
“The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.”
“The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.”
Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passerby.
Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
You have seen a man wise in his own opinion– there is more hope for a fool than for him.
The sluggard has said,“There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”
Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
The sluggard has plunged his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.
The sluggard is wiser in his own opinion than seven people who respond with good sense.