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Proverbs 20:4

NETBible	The sluggard will not plow¹ during the planting season,² so at harvest time he looks³ for the crop⁴ but has nothing.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 20:4	A sluggard does not plough in season; so at harvest time he looks but finds nothing.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 20:4	The sluggard does not plow after the autumn, So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 20:4	If you are too lazy to plow in the right season, you will have no food at the harvest.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 20:4	A farmer too lazy to plant in the spring has nothing to harvest in the fall.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 20:4	The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 20:4	The lazy person does not plow in season; harvest comes, and there is nothing to be found.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 20:4	The lazy man will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
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KJV	The sluggard <06102> will not plow <02790> (8799) by reason of the cold <02779>_; [therefore] shall he beg <07592> (8804) (8675) <07592> (8799) in harvest <07105>_, and [have] nothing. {cold: or, winter}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 20:4	The sluggard <06102> does not plow <02790> after <04480> the autumn <02779> , So he begs <07592> during the harvest <07105> and has <0369> nothing <0369> .
LXXM	oneidizomenov <3679> V-PMPNS oknhrov <3636> A-NSM ouk <3364> ADV aiscunetai <153> V-PMI-3S wsautwv <5615> ADV kai <2532> CONJ o <3588> T-NSM danizomenov <1155> V-PMPNS siton <4621> N-ASM en <1722> PREP amhtw {N-DSM}
NET [draft] ITL	The sluggard <06102> will not <03808> plow <02790> during the planting season <02779> , so at harvest <07105> time he looks <07592> for the crop but has nothing <0369> .
HEBREW	Nyaw <0369> ryuqb <07105> *lasw {lasy} <07592> srxy <02790> al <03808> lue <06102> Prxm (20:4) <02779>

NETBible

The sluggard will not plow¹ during the planting season,² so at harvest time he looks³ for the crop⁴ but has nothing.

NET Notes

¹sn The act of plowing is put for the whole process of planting a crop.

²tn Heb “in the autumn”; ASV “by reason of the winter.” The noun means “autumn, harvest time.” The right time for planting was after the harvest and the rainy season of autumn and winter began.

³tn The Piel of the verb שָׁאַל (sha’al, “to ask”) means “to beg” or “to inquire carefully.” At the harvest time he looks for produce but there is none. The Piel might suggest, however, that because he did not plant, or did not do it at the right time, he is reduced to begging and will have nothing (cf. KJV, ASV; NASB “he begs during the harvest”).

⁴tn The phrase “for the crop” does not appear in the Hebrew but is implied; it is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.