Proverbs 19:15 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

English ASV

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

English Amplified

Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and the idle person shall suffer hunger.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and the idle person shall suffer hunger.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Laziness induces deep sleep, and a lazy person will go hungry.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

English EASY 2024

A lazy person cannot wake up from sleep. If he does no work, he will always be hungry.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Laziness brings on sleep, and an appetite for rest brings on hunger.

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Go ahead and be lazy; sleep on, but you will go hungry.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Laziness throws one into a deep sleep, and an idle person will go hungry.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Laziness induces deep sleep, and a lazy person will go hungry.

English KJV 1611

Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

English LSB

Laziness casts into a deep sleep, And a slack‑handed soul will suffer hunger.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Slothfulness casts a man into a deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Laziness casts into a deep sleep, And an idle man will suffer hunger.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Laziness plunges a man into deep sleep, and the sluggard must go hungry.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Anyone who doesn't want to work sleeps his life away. And a person who refuses to work goes hungry.

English NIV

Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless man goes hungry.

English NKJ 1982

Laziness casts one into a deep sleep, And an idle person will suffer hunger.

English NLT

A lazy person sleeps soundly--and goes hungry.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Laziness brings on deep sleep; an idle person will suffer hunger.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Go ahead—be lazy and passive. But you’ll go hungry if you live that way.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

A lazy man sleeps soundly—and he goes hungry!

English Tyndale 1537

Slothfulness bringeth sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 19:15 — Compare Translations