The Meaning of Proverbs 26:13 Explained

Proverbs 26:13

KJV: The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

YLT: The slothful hath said, 'A lion is in the way, A lion is in the broad places.'

Darby: The sluggard saith, There is a fierce lion in the way; a lion is in the midst of the streets!

ASV: The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The slothful  [man] saith,  [There is] a lion  in the way;  a lion  [is] in the streets. 

What does Proverbs 26:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 26

1  observations about fools
13  about sluggards
17  and about contentious busybodies

What do the individual words in Proverbs 26:13 mean?

Says the lazy [man] [There is] a lion in the road a fierce lion [is] in the streets
אָמַ֣ר עָ֭צֵל שַׁ֣חַל בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ אֲ֝רִ֗י בֵּ֣ין הָרְחֹבֽוֹת

אָמַ֣ר  Says 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
עָ֭צֵל  the  lazy  [man] 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: עָצֵל  
Sense: sluggish, lazy.
שַׁ֣חַל  [There  is]  a  lion 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁחַל  
Sense: lion.
בַּדָּ֑רֶךְ  in  the  road 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.
אֲ֝רִ֗י  a  fierce  lion  [is] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲרִי 
Sense: lion.
הָרְחֹבֽוֹת  the  streets 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: רְחֹב  
Sense: broad or open place or plaza.

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