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Proverbs 26:14

[As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.

Read it in 5 translations

[As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.

As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed.

As the door turns on its hinges, so does the sluggard on his bed.

As the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.

The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.

11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.

12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

13 The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion in the way; a lion [is] in the streets.

14 [As] the door turneth upon his hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.

15 The slothful hideth his hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

16 The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

17 He that passeth by, [and] meddleth with strife [belonging] not to him, [is like] one that taketh a dog by the ears.

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HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

Put Matthew Henry, Adam Clarke, Calvin, Wesley, Barnes, Jamieson–Fausset–Brown, Aquinas’ Catena and other public-domain sources beside the passage.