Pro Proverbs, chapter Proverbs of Solomon, chapter 10
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.
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.
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.