Proverbs 22:13 — Compare All Translations

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

The slothful hath said, `A lion [is] without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.`

English ASV

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.

English Amplified

The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

The slacker says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!

English EASY 2024

A lazy person stays in his house. He says, ‘There is a lion outside in the street! If I go out, it will kill me!’

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

A person who is lazy and wants to stay home says, "There is a lion outside, and I might be killed in the streets!"

The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Lazy people stay at home; they say a lion might get them if they go outside.

English God's Word - GW 1995

A lazy person says, "There's a lion outside! I'll be murdered in the streets!"

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

The slacker says, "There's a lion outside! I'll be killed in the streets!"

English KJV 1611

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

English LSB

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

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

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

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!"

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

The sluggard says, "A lion is outside; in the streets I might be slain."

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

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

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

People who don't want to work say, "There's a lion outside!" Or they say, "I'll be murdered if I go out into the streets!"

English NIV

The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!" or, "I will be murdered in the streets!"

English NKJ 1982

The lazy man says, “ There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!”

English NLT

The lazy person is full of excuses, saying, "If I go outside, I might meet a lion in the street and be killed!"

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The lazy person says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

A slacker always has an excuse for not working— like “I can’t go to work. There’s a lion outside! And murderers too! ”

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets!”

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

The lazy man is full of excuses. “I can't go to work!“ he says. “If I go outside, I might meet a lion in the street and be killed!“

English Tyndale 1537

The slothful body sayeth: There is a lion(lyo) without, I might be slain in the street.

Proverbs 22:13 — Compare Translations