Proverbs 20:4
Other Translations of Proverbs 20:4
New International Version
4 Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.
English Standard Version
4 The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
The Message
4 A farmer too lazy to plant in the spring has nothing to harvest in the fall.
New King James Version
4 The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
New Living Translation
4 Those too lazy to plow in the right season will have no food at the harvest.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 20:4
Commentary on Proverbs 20:4
(Read Proverbs 20:4)
He who labours and endures hardship in his seed-time for eternity, will be properly diligent as to his earthly business.