Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Holman Bible
and because of negligent hands the house leaks.
International Standard Version
Through slothfulness the roof deteriorates, and a house leaks because of idleness.
A Conservative Version
By slothfulness the roof sinks in, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
American Standard Version
By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
Amplified
Through laziness the rafters [of state affairs] decay and the roof sags, and through idleness [the roof of] the house leaks.
Bible in Basic English
When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.
Darby Translation
By much sloth fulness the framework falleth in; and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth.
Julia Smith Translation
By sloth the frame work will pine away; and by the letting down of the hands, the house will drop.
King James 2000
By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.
Modern King James verseion
By slothfulness the building decays; and through lowering of the hands the house leaks.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Through slothfulness the balks fall down, and through idle hands it raineth in at the house.
NET Bible
Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks.
New Heart English Bible
By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
The Emphasized Bible
By two lazy arms, the framework sinketh in, - and, by the hanging down of the hands, the house may leak.
Webster
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
World English Bible
By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 10:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Burden Of Folly
17 Happy art thou, O land, When thy king is a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness. 18 By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop. 19 For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all.
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Cross References
Proverbs 14:1
Every wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.
Proverbs 20:4
Because of winter the slothful plougheth not, He asketh in harvest, and there is nothing.
Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent ruleth, And slothfulness becometh tributary.
Proverbs 21:25
The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.
Proverbs 23:21
For the quaffer and glutton become poor, And drowsiness clotheth with rags.
Proverbs 24:30-34
Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.
Hebrews 6:11
and we desire each one of you the same diligence to shew, unto the full assurance of the hope unto the end,
2 Peter 1:5-10
And this same also -- all diligence having brought in besides, superadd in your faith the worthiness, and in the worthiness the knowledge,