Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys. New Living Translation A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things. English Standard Version Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys. Berean Standard Bible Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys. King James Bible He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. New King James Version He who is slothful in his work Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer. New American Standard Bible He also who is lax in his work Is a brother to him who destroys. NASB 1995 He also who is slack in his work Is brother to him who destroys. NASB 1977 He also who is slack in his work Is brother to him who destroys. Legacy Standard Bible He also who is slack in his work Is brother to him who destroys. Amplified Bible He who is careless in his work Is a brother to him who destroys. Christian Standard Bible The one who is lazy in his work is brother to a vandal. Holman Christian Standard Bible The one who is truly lazy in his work is brother to a vandal. American Standard Version He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he whose hands are slack in his work is brother of the man who is a destroyer. Brenton Septuagint Translation A man who helps not himself by his labour is brother of him that ruins himself. Contemporary English Version Being lazy is no different from being a troublemaker. Douay-Rheims Bible He that is loose and slack in his work, is the brother of him that wasteth his own works. English Revised Version He also that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer. GOD'S WORD® Translation Whoever is lazy in his work is related to a vandal. Good News Translation A lazy person is as bad as someone who is destructive. International Standard Version Whoever is lazy regarding his work is also a brother to the master of destruction. JPS Tanakh 1917 Even one that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer. Literal Standard Version He also that is remiss in his work, | He [is] a brother to a destroyer. Majority Standard Bible Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys. New American Bible Those slack in their work are kin to the destroyer. NET Bible The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys. New Revised Standard Version One who is slack in work is close kin to a vandal. New Heart English Bible One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction. Webster's Bible Translation He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. World English Bible One who is slack in his work is brother to him who is a master of destruction. Young's Literal Translation He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he is to a destroyer. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Selfishness of the Unfriendly…8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being. 9Whoever is slothful in his work is brother to him who destroys. 10The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.… Cross References Proverbs 10:4 Idle hands make one poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. Proverbs 18:8 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being. Proverbs 28:24 He who robs his father or mother, saying, "It is not wrong," is a companion to the man who destroys. Treasury of Scripture He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. that is slothful Proverbs 10:4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. Proverbs 23:20,21 Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: … Proverbs 24:30-34 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; … is brother Proverbs 28:24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. Job 30:29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. Luke 15:13,14 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living… Jump to Previous Destroyer Destroys Destruction Great Indolent Makes Master Mind Remiss Slack Slothful Waster WorkJump to Next Destroyer Destroys Destruction Great Indolent Makes Master Mind Remiss Slack Slothful Waster WorkProverbs 18 1. A fool delights not in understanding(9) He also that is slothful in his work.--Whatsoever it may be that is committed to his care, is "brother to him that is a great waster," or "destroyer "; neglect of duty causes almost as much mischief in life as active wickedness.Verse 9. - He also that is slothful (slack) in his work. A man that does his work in some sort, but not heartily and diligently, as one who knows that labour is not only a duty and necessity, but a means of sanctification, a training for a higher life. Is brother to him that is a great waster; a destroyer. "Brother" is used as "companion" in Proverbs 28:24 (comp. Job 30:29), for one of like attributes and tendencies; as we say, "next door to;" and the destroyer is, as Nowack says, not merely one who wastes his property by reckless expenditure, but one who delights in such destruction, finds a morbid pleasure in haves and ruin. So the maxim asserts that remissness in duty is as mischievous as actual destructiveness. "An idle brain," say the Italians, "is the devil's workshop." The word rendered "great" is baal (Proverbs 1:19), "owner," patrono (Montanus), domino (Vatablus); and, taking this sense, according to Wordsworth and others, the sentence implies that the servant who is slothful is brother to a master who is a prodigal. But the interpretation given above is best founded. The LXX., reading מתרפא instead of, מתרפה, renders, "He who healeth not (ὁ μὴ ἰώμενος) himself in his works is brother to him who destroyeth himself." Maxims concerning laziness are found in other places; e.g. Proverbs 10:4; Proverbs 12:11, 24; Proverbs 23:21. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Whoeverגַּ֭ם (gam) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and is slothful מִתְרַפֶּ֣ה (miṯ·rap·peh) Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7503: Sink, relax in his work בִמְלַאכְתּ֑וֹ (ḇim·laḵ·tōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 4399: Deputyship, ministry, employment, work, property is brother אָ֥ח (’āḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 251: A brother, ) to him לְבַ֣עַל (lə·ḇa·‘al) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1167: A master, a husband, owner who destroys. מַשְׁחִֽית׃ (maš·ḥîṯ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin Links Proverbs 18:9 NIVProverbs 18:9 NLT Proverbs 18:9 ESV Proverbs 18:9 NASB Proverbs 18:9 KJV Proverbs 18:9 BibleApps.com Proverbs 18:9 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 18:9 Chinese Bible Proverbs 18:9 French Bible Proverbs 18:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 18:9 One who is slack in his work (Prov. 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