Proverbs Chapter 22 verse 13 Holy Bible
The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
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The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
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The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!
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The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
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The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!"
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The slothful hath said, `A lion `is' without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 13. - The slothful man saith, There is a lion without (Proverbs 26:13). The absurd nature of the sluggard's excuse is hardly understood by the casual reader. The supposed lion is without, in the open country, and yet he professes to be in danger in the midst of the town. I shall be slain in the streets. Others consider that the sluggard makes two excuses for his inactivity. If work calls him abroad, he may meet the lion which report says is prowling in the neighbourhood; if he has to go into the streets, he may be attacked and murdered by ruffians for motives of plunder or revenge. "Sluggards are prophets," says the Hebrew proverb. Septuagint, "The sluggard maketh excuses, and saith, A lion is in the ways, there are murderers in the streets." Lions, though now extinct in Palestine, seem to have lingered till the time of the Crusades, and such of them as became man eaters, the old or feeble, were a real danger in the vicinity of villages (comp. Jeremiah 49:19; Jeremiah 50:44).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(13) The slothful man saith, There is a lion without . . .--No excuses are too absurd for him, he fears to meet a lion in the open country, or, he might be murdered in the streets.
