Verse 9

He who is slothful in his work is brother to him who is a great waster.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Den som er lat i sitt arbeid, er bror til en ødelegger.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Den som er lat i sitt arbeid er broder til en stor ødelegger.

• Norsk King James

  Den som er lat i sitt arbeid, er en bror til han som sløser.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Den som er lat i sitt arbeid, er en bror til den som er en ødeleggende herre.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Den som er lat i sitt arbeid, er bror til ødeleggeren.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Den som er lat i sitt arbeid er bror til en stor ødelegger.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Den som er lat i sitt arbeid, er likevel i slekt med den som sløser bort mye.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Den som er lat i sitt arbeid er bror til en stor ødelegger.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Også den som er lat i arbeidet sitt, er en bror til en som ødelegger.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  A lazy person in his work is a brother to a destroyer.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Den som slappes av i sitt arbeid, er en bror til ødeleggeren.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvo, som er efterladen i sin Gjerning, er Broder til den, som er en fordærvelig Huusbonde.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Den som er lat i sitt arbeid, er bror til ødeleggeren.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Den som er lat i sitt arbeid er bror til en som er en herre over ødeleggelse.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Den som er lat i sitt arbeid, er bror til en ødelegger.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Den som lar arbeidet sitt forfalle, er bror til en ødelegger.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Den som ikke bryr seg om sitt arbeid, er bror til den som ødelegger.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Who so is slouthfull and slacke in his labor, is ye brother of him ye is a waister.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He also that is slouthfull in his worke, is euen the brother of him that is a great waster.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Who so is slouthfull in his labour, is the brother of hym that is a waster.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  One who is slack in his work Is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he `is' to a destroyer.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.

• World English Bible (2000)

  One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 28:24 : 24 Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, It is no transgression, is a companion of a destroyer.
• Prov 10:4 : 4 He becomes poor who deals with a slack hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.
• Prov 23:20-21 : 20 Do not be among winebibbers, among gluttonous eaters of meat: 21 For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
• Matt 25:26 : 26 But his lord answered and said to him, You wicked and lazy servant, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.
• Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. 31 And, behold, it was all overgrown with thorns, its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well; I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. 34 So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man.
• Heb 6:12 : 12 That you not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
• Luke 15:13-14 : 13 And not many days after, the younger son gathered everything together, and took his journey to a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. 14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
• Luke 16:1-2 : 1 And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a steward; and he was accused to him of wasting his goods. 2 And he called him and said to him, How is it that I hear this about you? Give an account of your stewardship, for you may no longer be steward.
• Rom 12:11 : 11 Not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
• Job 30:29 : 29 I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to owls.