Pro Proverbs, chapter Proverbs of Solomon, chapter 10

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As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so [is] the sluggard to them that send him.

Proverbs 10:26 in different translations

English

KJV (66 books) As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
BSB Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.
DRA As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that sent him.
FBV In the same way vinegar irritates the teeth and smoke irritates the eyes, lazy people irritate their employers.
GNV As vineger is to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the slouthful to them that send him.
LSV As vinegar to the teeth, || And as smoke to the eyes, || So [is] the slothful to those sending him.
NIV (US) As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are sluggards to those who send them.
OJB As chometz to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) to them that send him.
T4T We do not like a lazy person who refuses to do the job that he is given to do, just like we do not like vinegar in our mouths or smoke in our eyes.
WEB (US) As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

Russian

РСП (66 кн.) Что уксус для зубов и дым для глаз, то ленивый для посылающих его.
НРП Как уксус зубам и дым глазам, так и лентяй для тех, кто его посылает.
Заокская (Кулаков) Что уксус для зубов, что дым в глаза — таков лентяй для тех, кто дает ему поручения.
СП (БЛ) Никогда не позволяй ленивому исполнять твои поручения; его просить о помощи также противно, как пробовать уксус или страдать от дыма, режущего глаза.