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Proverbs 10:26
Compare Translations for Proverbs 10:26
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
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Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so the slacker is to the one who sends him [on an errand].
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English Standard Version
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Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
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King James Version
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As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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The Message Bible
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A lazy employee will give you nothing but trouble; it's vinegar in the mouth, smoke in the eyes.
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New American Standard Bible
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Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy one to those who send him.
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New International Version
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As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are sluggards to those who send them.
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New King James Version
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As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy man to those who send him.
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New Living Translation
26
Lazy people irritate their employers, like vinegar to the teeth or smoke in the eyes.
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New Revised Standard
26
Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so are the lazy to their employers.
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American Standard Version
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As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.
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The Bible in Basic English
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Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.
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Common English Bible
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Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are lazy people to those who authorize them.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
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Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are lazy people to those who authorize them.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
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Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes is a lazy person to his employer.
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The Darby Translation
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As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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Good News Translation
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Never get a lazy person to do something for you; he will be as irritating as vinegar on your teeth or smoke in your eyes.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
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Never get a lazy person to do something for you; he will be as irritating as vinegar on your teeth or smoke in your eyes.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
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Like vinegar to the teeth, like smoke to the eyes, so is the lazy person to those who send him [on a mission].
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Hebrew Names Version
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As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to those who send him.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
26
As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so
is
the sluggard to those that send him.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
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As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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Lexham English Bible
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Like vinegar to the tooth and like smoke to the eyes, thus [is] the lazy to one who employs him.
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Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha
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As a sour grape is hurtful to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so iniquity hurts those that practise it.
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New Century Version
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A lazy person affects the one he works for like vinegar on the teeth or smoke in the eyes.
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New International Reader's Version
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Anyone who doesn't want to work hurts those who send him. He is like vinegar on the teeth or smoke in the eyes.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
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Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so are the lazy to their employers.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
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As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that sent him.
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Revised Standard Version
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Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
26
Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
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Third Millennium Bible
26
As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
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As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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The Latin Vulgate
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sicut acetum dentibus et fumus oculis sic piger his qui miserunt eum
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
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sicut acetum dentibus et fumus oculis sic piger his qui miserunt eum
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The Webster Bible
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As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.
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World English Bible
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As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to those who send him.
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Wycliffe
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As vinegar harmeth the teeth, and smoke harmeth the eyes; so a slow man harmeth them that sent him in the way. (Like vinegar harmeth the teeth, and smoke harmeth the eyes; so a lazy man harmeth those who sent him on the way.)
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Young's Literal Translation
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As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So [is] the slothful to those sending him.
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