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

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、

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

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 craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work.All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing.

Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.

The lazy do not roast any game, but the diligent feed on the riches of the hunt.

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.

The sluggard says,“ There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”

Now Jeroboam was a man of standing, and when Solomon saw how well the young man did his work, he put him in charge of the whole labor force of the tribes of Joseph.

When he sees how good is his resting place and how pleasant is his land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and submit to forced labor.

A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family.

Solomon conscripted the descendants of all these peoples remaining in the land— whom the Israelites could not exterminate— to serve as slave labor, as it is to this day.

A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied.

Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank.

I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

A sluggard says,“ There’s a lion in the road, a fierce lion roaming the streets!”As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.

When all the Israelites heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the house of David.