Other translations
American Standard Version
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Darby Bible Translation
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh, saying:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.
God's Word
A fool folds his hands and wastes away.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The fool folds his arms and consumes his own flesh.
International Standard Version
The fool crosses his arms and starves himself.
NET Bible
The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.
New American Standard Bible
The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
New International Version
Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves.
New Living Translation
"Fools fold their idle hands, leading them to ruin."
Webster's Bible Translation
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
The World English Bible
The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
EasyEnglish Bible
Foolish people refuse to work. They sit and they do nothing. So they become hungry and they die.
Young‘s Literal Translation
The fool is clasping his hands, and eating his own flesh:
New Life Version
The fool folds his hands and has no food to eat.
The Voice Bible
As the saying goes: The fool folds his hands to rest and lets his flesh waste away.
Living Bible
The fool won’t work and almost starves but feels that it is better to be lazy and barely get by, than to work hard, when in the long run it is all so futile.
New Catholic Bible
The fool folds his arms and consumes his own flesh.
Legacy Standard Bible
The fool folds his hands in embrace and consumes his own flesh.
Jubilee Bible 2000
The fool folds his hands together and eats his own flesh.
Christian Standard Bible
The fool folds his arms and consumes his own flesh.
Amplified Bible © 1954
The fool folds his hands together and eats his own flesh [destroying himself by indolence].
New Century Version
Some say it is foolish to fold your hands and do nothing, because you will starve to death.
The Message
The fool sits back and takes it easy, His sloth is slow suicide.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
The fool idly folds his hands and eats his own flesh.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Fools fold their hands and consume their own flesh.
Good News Translation®
They say that we would be fools to fold our hands and let ourselves starve to death.
Wycliffe Bible
A fool foldeth together his hands, and eateth his flesh (and eateth his meat),
Contemporary English Version
Fools will fold their hands and starve to death.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The fool folds his hands, and eats his own flesh.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Fools fold their hands and consume their own flesh.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Fools fold their hands and consume their own flesh.
Common English Bible © 2011
Fools fold their hands and eat their own flesh.
Amplified Bible © 2015
The fool folds his hands [together] and consumes his own flesh [destroying himself by idleness and apathy].
English Standard Version Anglicised
The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
“Fools fold their arms and consume their own flesh”—
New American Standard Bible
The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
The Expanded Bible
·Some say it is foolish to fold your hands and do nothing [L Fools fold their hands], ·because you will starve to death [L and consume their own flesh; Prov. 6:9–11; 10:4; 24:30–34].
Tree of Life Version
The fool folds his hands together and eats his own flesh.
Revised Standard Version
The fool folds his hands, and eats his own flesh.
New International Reader's Version
Foolish people fold their hands and don’t work. And that destroys them.
BRG Bible
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
Complete Jewish Bible
Fools fold their arms together and eat their own flesh away.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Fools fold their hands and consume their own flesh.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
The kesil foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own basar.
Names of God Bible
A fool folds his hands and wastes away.
Modern English Version
The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.
Easy-to-Read Version
Some people say, “It is foolish to fold your hands and do nothing. If you don’t work, you will starve to death.”
International Children’s Bible
Some say that it is foolish to fold your hands and do nothing. You will starve to death!
Lexham English Bible
The fool refuses to work with his hands, so he has nothing to eat except his own skin!
New International Version - UK
Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves.