Proverbs 18:9 
Context| NET © | The one who 1 is slack 2 in his work is a brother 3 to one who destroys. 4 |
| NIV © | One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys. |
| NASB © | He also who is slack in his work Is brother to him who destroys. |
| NLT © | A lazy person is as bad as someone who destroys things. |
| MSG © | Slack habits and sloppy work are as bad as vandalism. |
| BBE © | He who does not give his mind to his work is brother to him who makes destruction. |
| NRSV © | One who is slack in work is close kin to a vandal. |
| NKJV © | He who is slothful in his work Is a brother to him who is a great destroyer. |
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| NET © | The one who 1 is slack 2 in his work is a brother 3 to one who destroys. 4 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “Also, the one who.” Many commentators and a number of English versions omit the word “also.” 2 tn The form מִתְרַפֶּה (mitrappeh) is the Hitpael participle, “showing oneself slack.” The verb means “to sink; to relax,” and in the causative stem “to let drop” the hands. This is the lazy person who does not even try to work. 3 sn These two troubling types, the slacker and the destroyer, are closely related. 4 tn Heb “possessor of destruction.” This idiom means “destroyer” (so ASV); KJV “a great waster”; NRSV “a vandal.” |
