The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

殷勤人的手必掌权；懒惰的人必服苦。

殷勤人的手必掌权；懒惰的人必服苦役。

殷勤人的手必掌权；懒惰的人必服苦役。

殷勤的手必掌权，懒惰者必做奴仆。

殷勤人的手必掌权，懒惰人的手必作苦工。

殷勤人的手必掌权，懒散的人却在苦役中。

殷勤人的手必掌權；懶惰的人必服苦。

殷勤人的手必掌權；懶惰的人必服苦役。

殷勤人的手必掌權；懶惰的人必服苦役。

殷勤的手必掌權，懶惰者必做奴僕。

殷勤人的手必掌權，懶惰人的手必作苦工。

殷勤人的手必管轄人；懶怠的人必致作苦工。

殷勤人的手必掌權，懶散的人卻在苦役中。

勤者手操其柄、惰者必服厥役、

勤者治人、怠者治於人。

作事殷勤者、必得轄人、經營怠惰者、必為人役、

Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.

Hands that work hard will rule. But people who are lazy will be forced to work.

The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.

Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and become a slave.

The diligent hand will rule, but laziness will lead to forced labor.

The hand of the diligent will rule, But the lazy hand will be put to forced labor.

The hand of the diligent will rule, But the lazy man will be put to forced labor.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.

The diligent hand will rule, but laziness will lead to forced labor.

The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will become a slave.

The hands of the diligent ones shall rule, but laziness ends in slave labor.

The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not.

He becometh poor that dealeth[ with] a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

The slothful[ man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man[ is] precious.

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

The slothful[ man] saith,[ There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

And the man Jeroboam[ was] a mighty man of valour: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph.

And he saw that rest[ was] good, and the land that[ it was] pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day.

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and[ hath] nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean[ men].

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns,[ and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.Then I saw,[ and] considered[ it] well: I looked upon[ it, and] received instruction.[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:So shall thy poverty come[ as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

The slothful[ man] saith,[ There is] a lion in the way; a lion[ is] in the streets.[ As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so[ doth] the slothful upon his bed.The slothful hideth his hand in[ his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.The sluggard[ is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.