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KJV

Proverbs 16:26

He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

Parallel Translations

LXXView canonical →
A man who labours, labours for himself, and drives from [him] his own ruin.
Brenton's Septuagint Translation
LXX2012View canonical →
A man who labors, labors for himself, and drives from [him] his own ruin.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
WEBView canonical →
The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him on.
World English Bible

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 6:7Proverbs 14:232 Thessalonians 3:8–12Proverbs 9:121 Thessalonians 4:11–12

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