Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!

懒惰人哪，你去察看蚂蚁的动作就可得智慧。

懒惰人哪，你去察看蚂蚁的动作，就可得智慧。

懒惰人哪，你去察看蚂蚁的动作，就可得智慧。

懒惰的人啊，去看看蚂蚁，观察它的生活，就会有智慧。

懒惰人哪！你去看看蚂蚁，察看它们所行的，就可得着智慧。

懒惰的人哪，你当到蚂蚁那里去，观看它的行为，得着智慧！

懶惰人哪，你去察看螞蟻的動作就可得智慧。

懶惰人哪，你去察看螞蟻的動作，就可得智慧。

懶惰人哪，你去察看螞蟻的動作，就可得智慧。

懶惰的人啊，去看看螞蟻，觀察牠的生活，就會有智慧。

懶惰人哪！你去看看螞蟻，察看牠們所行的，就可得著智慧。

懶惰人哪，去找螞蟻，看牠們所行的，來做有智慧的人。

懶惰的人哪，你當到螞蟻那裡去，觀看牠的行為，得著智慧！

怠惰者歟、往視厥蟻、察其所為、可得智慧、

怠惰者流、盍觀螻蟻、而法其智、

怠惰者歟、爾往觀蟻之動作、可得智慧、

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!

You people who don’t want to work, think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise!

Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise.

Go to the ant, you lazy one, Observe its ways and be wise,

Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise,

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:

Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing.

But his master answered,‘ Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter?

Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare their food in the summer;

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

How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

The sluggard says,“ There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation than seven people who respond with good sense.

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw:“ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”

“ But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you.Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you.

What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands refuse to work.

The sluggard says,“ There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!”

The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry.

The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird,

Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you more valuable than they are?

An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand.”