“ Fools fold their idle hands, leading them to ruin.”

愚昧人抱着手，吃自己的肉。

愚昧人抱着双臂，自食其肉。

愚昧人抱着双臂，自食其肉。

愚人游手好闲，最后只能饿死。

愚昧人抱着手，吃自己的肉。

愚昧人抱着手，自食其肉。

愚昧人抱着手，吃自己的肉。

愚昧人抱着雙臂，自食其肉。

愚昧人抱着雙臂，自食其肉。

愚人遊手好閒，最後只能餓死。

愚昧人抱著手，吃自己的肉。

愚頑人抱着手，喫自身的肉。

愚昧人抱著手，自食其肉。

愚者斂手、而食厥肉、

愚者束手、自取敗亡。

愚者束手無策、猶如自戕、猶如自戕原文作自食其身之肉

Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves.

Foolish people fold their hands and don’t work. And that destroys them.

The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.

The fool folds his arms and consumes his own flesh.

The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

The fool folds his hands And consumes his own flesh.

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

The fool folds his arms and consumes his own flesh.

The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

They will attack their neighbor on the right but will still be hungry. They will devour their neighbor on the left but will not be satisfied. In the end they will even eat their own children.

Why should I put myself in mortal danger and take my life in my own hands?

A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

Lazy people don’t even cook the game they catch, but the diligent make use of everything they find.

A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper.

Those too lazy to plow in the right season will have no food at the harvest.

Your kindness will reward you, but your cruelty will destroy you.