Proverbs 26:14 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.
English ASV
As the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
English Amplified
As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man [move not from his place] upon his bed.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man [move not from his place] upon his bed.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
A door turns on its hinges, and a slacker, on his bed.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
[As] the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.
English EASY 2024
A lazy person turns over in his bed, like a door that continues to open and close.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Like a door on its hinges, a lazy man turns back and forth on his bed.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
Lazy people turn over in bed. They get no farther than a door swinging on its hinges.
English God's Word - GW 1995
{As} a door turns on its hinges, so the lazy person turns on his bed.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
A door turns on its hinge, and a slacker, on his bed.
English KJV 1611
As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
English LSB
As the door turns on its hinges, So does the sluggard on his bed.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
As the door turns on its hinges, So does the sluggard on his bed.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
The door turns on its hinges, the sluggard, on his bed!
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
A person who doesn't want to work turns over in bed just like a door that swings back and forth.
English NIV
As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
English NKJ 1982
As a door turns on its hinges, So does the lazy man on his bed.
English NLT
As a door turns back and forth on its hinges, so the lazy person turns over in bed.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a lazy person in bed.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
As a door is hinged to the wall, so the lazy man keeps turning over, hinged to his bed!
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
He sticks to his bed like a door to its hinges!
English Tyndale 1537
Like as the door turneth about upon the threshold, even so doth the slothful welter himself in his bed.