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New International Version NIV
6 Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
7 Without having any chief, officer, or ruler,
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It has no commander, no overseer or ruler,
8 she prepares her bread in summer and gathers her food in harvest.
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yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
9 How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?
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How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
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A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
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and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
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