18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.(A)

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18 It will produce thorns and thistles(A) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.(B)

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18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

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The slacker does not plow during planting season;[a]
at harvest time he looks,[b] and there is nothing.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:4 Lit plow in winter
  2. Proverbs 20:4 Lit inquires

Sluggards(A) do not plow in season;
    so at harvest time they look but find nothing.(B)

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The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

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