Other translations
American Standard Version
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Be like the ant and see her ways and learn, for there is no harvest for her,
Darby Bible Translation
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways and be wise:
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Go to the ant, O sluggard, and consider her ways, and learn wisdom:
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
God's Word
Consider the ant, you lazy bum. Watch its ways, and become wise.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise.
International Standard Version
Go to the ant, you lazy man! Observe its ways and become wise.
NET Bible
Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!
New American Standard Bible
Go to the ant, O sluggard, Observe her ways and be wise,
New International Version
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
New Living Translation
Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise!
Webster's Bible Translation
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
The World English Bible
Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
EasyEnglish Bible
Learn a lesson from the ants, you lazy person! See how hard they work.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Go unto the ant, O slothful one, See her ways and be wise;
New Life Version
Go to the ant, O lazy person. Watch and think about her ways, and be wise.
The Voice Bible
Take a lesson from the ant, you who love leisure and ease. Observe how it works, and dare to be just as wise.
Living Bible
Take a lesson from the ants, you lazy fellow. Learn from their ways and be wise!
New Catholic Bible
Contemplate the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and gain wisdom.
Legacy Standard Bible
Go to the ant, O sluggard, Observe her ways and be wise,
Jubilee Bible 2000
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise,
Christian Standard Bible
Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise.
Amplified Bible © 1954
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise!—
New Century Version
Go watch the ants, you lazy person. Watch what they do and be wise.
The Message
You lazy fool, look at an ant. Watch it closely; let it teach you a thing or two. Nobody has to tell it what to do. All summer it stores up food; at harvest it stockpiles provisions. So how long are you going to laze around doing nothing? How long before you get out of bed? A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there, sit back, take it easy—do you know what comes next? Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life, poverty your permanent houseguest!
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise.
Good News Translation®
Lazy people should learn a lesson from the way ants live.
Wycliffe Bible
O! thou slow man (O! thou lazy one), go to the ant; and behold thou his ways, and learn thou wisdom.
Contemporary English Version
You lazy people can learn by watching an anthill.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways and be wise.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise.
Common English Bible © 2011
Go to the ant, you lazy person; observe its ways and grow wise.
Amplified Bible © 2015
Go to the ant, O lazy one; Observe her ways and be wise,
English Standard Version Anglicised
Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Go to the ant, O sluggard, study her ways and learn wisdom;
New American Standard Bible
Go to the ant, you lazy one, Observe its ways and be wise,
The Expanded Bible
Go watch the ants, you lazy person. Watch ·what they do [L its paths] and ·be [or become] wise.
Tree of Life Version
Go to the ant, you slacker— consider its ways and be wise!
Revised Standard Version
Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.
New International Reader's Version
You people who don’t want to work, think about the ant! Consider its ways and be wise!
BRG Bible
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Complete Jewish Bible
Go to the ant, you lazybones! Consider its ways, and be wise.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Go to the ant, you lazybones; consider its ways, and be wise.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Go to the nemalah (ant), thou atzel (sluggard, lazy one); consider her drakhim (ways), and be chacham (wise);
Names of God Bible
Consider the ant, you lazy bum. Watch its ways, and become wise.
Modern English Version
Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise.
Easy-to-Read Version
You lazy people, you should watch what the ants do and learn from them.
International Children’s Bible
Go watch the ants, you lazy person. Watch what they do and be wise.
Lexham English Bible
Go to the ant, lazy! Consider its ways and be wise.
New International Version - UK
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!