King James Version

Proverbs 22:13

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

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אָמַ֣רamarsayאָמַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “say”, a completed actionH559to say (used with great latitude)answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [id…עָ֭צֵלatselslothfulעָצֵלadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “slothful”, the ordinary formH6102indolentslothful, sluggard.אֲרִ֣יarilionאֲרִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “lion”, the ordinary formH738a lion(young) lion, [phrase] pierce (from the margin).בַח֑וּץvachutsin abroadחוּץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in abroad”, the ordinary formH2351properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoorsabroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.בְּת֥וֹךְbetokhein amongתָּוֶךְpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in among”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8432a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centreamong(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).רְ֝חֹב֗וֹתrechovotbroad placeרְחֹבnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “broad place”, the ordinary formH7339a width, i.e. (concretely) avenue or areabroad place (way), street. See also H1050 (בֵּית רְחוֹב).אֵֽרָצֵֽחַeratsechamurderרָצַחverb, niphal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “murder”, an unfinished actionH7523properly, to dash in pieces, i.e. kill (a human being), especially to murderput to death, kill, (man-) slay(-er), murder(-er).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The sluggard saith: 'There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.

Young’s Literal Translation

The slothful hath said, 'A lion [is] without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'

World English Bible

The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the streets!”

Darby Translation

The sluggard saith, There is a lion without, I shall be killed in the streets!

Douay-Rheims

The slothful man saith: There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the midst of the streets.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The sluggard saith: 'There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The sluggard makes excuses, and says, There is a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Προφασίζεται, καὶ λέγει ὀκνηρὸς, λέων ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς, ἐν δὲ ταῖς πλατείαις φονευταί.