Proverbs 6:8
“Prouideth her meat in the Summer, and gathereth her food in the haruest.”
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Proverbs 6:8 Context
6¶ Goe to the Ant, thou sluggard, consider her wayes, and be wise. 7Which hauing no guide, ouerseer, or ruler, 8Prouideth her meat in the Summer, and gathereth her food in the haruest. 9How long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe? 10Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleepe.
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Provideth her meat in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
- King James Version
Prepares her food in the summer {And} gathers her provision in the harvest.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
- American Standard Version (1901)
She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.
- Basic English Bible
provideth her bread in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest.
- Darby Bible
Provideth her provisions in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
- Webster's Bible
provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest.
- World English Bible
She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.
- Youngs Literal Bible
Provideth her bread in the summer, and gatherest her food in the harvest.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible