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Holman Christian Standard Bible
18 Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of negligent hands the house leaks.
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English Standard Version
18 Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.
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King James Version
18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
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The Message Bible
18 A shiftless man lives in a tumbledown shack; A lazy woman ends up with a leaky roof.
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New American Standard Bible
18 Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks.
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New International Version
18 Through laziness, the rafters sag; because of idle hands, the house leaks.
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New King James Version
18 Because of laziness the building decays, And through idleness of hands the house leaks.
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New Living Translation
18 Laziness leads to a sagging roof; idleness leads to a leaky house.
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New Revised Standard
18 Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.
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American Standard Version
18 By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
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The Bible in Basic English
18 When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.
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Common English Bible
18 Through laziness, the roof sags; through idle hands, the house leaks.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
18 Through laziness, the roof sags; through idle hands, the house leaks.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
18 When the owner is lazy, the roof sags; when hands are idle, the house leaks.
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The Darby Translation
18 By much sloth fulness the framework falleth in; and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth.
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Good News Translation
18 When you are too lazy to repair your roof, it will leak, and the house will fall in.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
18 When you are too lazy to repair your roof, it will leak, and the house will fall in.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
18 A roof sags because of laziness. A house leaks because of idle hands.
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Hebrew Names Version
18 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; And through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
18 By much slothfulness the building decays, and through idleness of the hands the rain drips throughout the house.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth ; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through .
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Lexham English Bible
18 Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.
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Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha
18 By slothful neglect a building will be brought low: and by idleness of the hands the house will fall to pieces.
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New Century Version
18 If someone is lazy, the roof will begin to fall. If he doesn't fix it, the house will leak.
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New International Reader's Version
18 When a man won't work, the roof falls down. When his hands aren't busy, the house leaks.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
18 Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
18 By slothfulness a building shall be brought down, and through the weakness of hands, the house shall drop through.
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Revised Standard Version
18 Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
18 Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.
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Third Millennium Bible
18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
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The Latin Vulgate
18 in pigritiis humiliabitur contignatio et in infirmitate manuum perstillabit domus
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
18 in pigritiis humiliabitur contignatio et in infirmitate manuum perstillabit domus
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The Webster Bible
18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
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World English Bible
18 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; And through idleness of the hands the house leaks.
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Wycliffe
18 The highness of houses shall be made low in sloths; and the house shall drop (rain) in the feebleness of hands (and a house shall leak due to feeble, or weak, hands).
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Young's Literal Translation
18 By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.
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