Proverbs 18:9

NETBible

The one who 1  is slack 2  in his work is a brother 3  to one who destroys. 4 

NIV ©

One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.

NASB ©

He also who is slack in his work Is brother to him who destroys.

NLT ©

A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things.

MSG ©

Slack habits and sloppy work are as bad as vandalism.

BBE ©

He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction.

NRSV ©

One who is slack in work is close kin to a vandal.

NKJV ©

He who is slothful in his work Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer.

KJV
He also that is slothful
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in his work
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is brother
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to him that is a great
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waster
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NASB ©
He also
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who is slack
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in his work
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Is brother
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to him who destroys
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ADV
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PREP
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T-DPN
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N-DPN
autou
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D-GSM
adelfov
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N-NSM
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NET [draft] ITL
The one who is slack
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in his work
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is a brother
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to one
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who
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destroys
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.
HEBREW
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NETBible

The one who 1  is slack 2  in his work is a brother 3  to one who destroys. 4 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “Also, the one who.” Many commentators and a number of English versions omit the word “also.”

2 tn The form מִתְרַפֶּה (mitrappeh) is the Hitpael participle, “showing oneself slack.” The verb means “to sink; to relax,” and in the causative stem “to let drop” the hands. This is the lazy person who does not even try to work.

3 sn These two troubling types, the slacker and the destroyer, are closely related.

4 tn Heb “possessor of destruction.” This idiom means “destroyer” (so ASV); KJV “a great waster”; NRSV “a vandal.”