Ecclesiastes 10:18

By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

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WEBBE

By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

BSB

Through laziness the roof caves in, and in the hands of the idle, the house leaks.

KJV

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

ASV

By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

BBE

When no work is done the roof goes in, and when the hands do nothing water comes into the house.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.