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Proverbs 26:14
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KJ21
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
ASV
As the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
AMP
As the door turns on its hinges, So does the lazy person on his bed [never getting out of it].
AMPC
As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man [move not from his place] upon his bed.
BRG
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
CSB
A door turns on its hinges, and a slacker, on his bed.
CSBA
A door turns on its hinges, and a slacker, on his bed.
CEB
As a door turns on its hinge, so do lazy people in their beds.
CJB
The door turns on its hinges, and the lazy man on his bed.
CEV
A door turns on its hinges, but a lazy person just turns over in bed.
DARBY
[As] the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.
DRA
As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
ERV
Like a door on its hinges, a lazy man turns back and forth on his bed.
EASY
A lazy person turns over in his bed, like a door that continues to open and close.
EHV
A door turns on its hinges, and a lazy person turns on his bed.
ESV
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
ESVUK
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
EXB
Like a door turning back and forth on its hinges, the lazy person turns over and over in bed.
GNV
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful man upon his bed.
GW
⌞As⌟ a door turns on its hinges, so the lazy person turns on his bed.
GNT
Lazy people turn over in bed. They get no farther than a door swinging on its hinges.
HCSB
A door turns on its hinges, and a slacker, on his bed.
ICB
The lazy person is like a door that turns back and forth on its hinges. He stays in bed and turns over and over.
ISV
The door turns on its hinges— as does the lazy person on his bed.
JUB
¶ As the door turns upon his hinges, so does the slothful upon his bed.
KJV
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
AKJV
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
LSB
As the door turns on its hinges, So does the sluggard on his bed.
LEB
The door turns on its hinge, and a lazy person on his bed.
TLB
He sticks to his bed like a door to its hinges!
MSG
Just as a door turns on its hinges, so a lazybones turns back over in bed.
MEV
As the door turns upon his hinges, so does the slothful upon his bed.
NOG
As a door turns on its hinges, so the lazy person turns on his bed.
NABRE
The door turns on its hinges and sluggards, on their beds.
NASB
As the door turns on its hinges, So does a lazy one on his bed.
NASB1995
As the door turns on its hinges, So does the sluggard on his bed.
NCB
As a door turns on its hinges, so does the idler on his bed.
NCV
Like a door turning back and forth on its hinges, the lazy person turns over and over in bed.
NET
Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
NIRV
A person who doesn’t want to work turns over in bed just like a door that swings back and forth.
NIV
As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
NIVUK
As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
NKJV
As a door turns on its hinges, So does the lazy man on his bed.
NLV
As a door turns, so does the lazy man on his bed.
NLT
As a door swings back and forth on its hinges, so the lazy person turns over in bed.
NRSVA
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a lazy person in bed.
NRSVACE
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a lazy person in bed.
NRSVCE
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a lazy person in bed.
NRSVUE
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a lazy person in bed.
OJB
As the delet (door) turneth upon its hinges, so doth the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) upon his mittah (bed).
RGT
As the door turns upon its hinges, so does the slothful man upon his bed.
RSV
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
RSVCE
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
TLV
As a door turns on its hinges so a slacker turns on his bed.
VOICE
As a door swings on its hinges and goes nowhere, so a slacker turns over in his bed.
WEB
As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.
WYC
As a door is turned in his hinges; so a slow man in his bed. (Like a door turning on its hinges, is a lazy person turning in his bed.)
YLT
The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.
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