Proverbs 10:26
New International Version
As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are sluggards to those who send them.

New Living Translation
Lazy people irritate their employers, like vinegar to the teeth or smoke in the eyes.

English Standard Version
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

Berean Standard Bible
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.

King James Bible
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

New King James Version
As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy man to those who send him.

New American Standard Bible
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy one to those who send him.

NASB 1995
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy one to those who send him.

NASB 1977
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy one to those who send him.

Legacy Standard Bible
Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to those who send him.

Amplified Bible
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy one to those who send him to work.

Christian Standard Bible
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so the slacker is to the one who sends him on an errand.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so the slacker is to the one who sends him on an errand.

American Standard Version
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
As unripe grapes hurt the teeth, and smoke the eyes, so evil hurts those practicing it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
As a sour grape is hurtful to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so iniquity hurts those that practise it.

Contemporary English Version
Having a lazy person on the job is like a mouth full of vinegar or smoke in your eyes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that sent him.

English Revised Version
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Like vinegar to the teeth, like smoke to the eyes, so is the lazy person to those who send him [on a mission].

Good News Translation
Never get a lazy person to do something for you; he will be as irritating as vinegar on your teeth or smoke in your eyes.

International Standard Version
As vinegar is to the mouth and smoke to the eyes, so is the lazy person to those who send him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

Literal Standard Version
As vinegar to the teeth, | And as smoke to the eyes, | So [is] the slothful to those sending him.

Majority Standard Bible
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him.

New American Bible
As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, are sluggards to those who send them.

NET Bible
Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

New Revised Standard Version
Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so are the lazy to their employers.

New Heart English Bible
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

Webster's Bible Translation
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

World English Bible
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

Young's Literal Translation
As vinegar to the teeth, And as smoke to the eyes, So is the slothful to those sending him.

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Context
Solomon's Proverbs: The Wise Son
25When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever. 26Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the slacker to those who send him. 27The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be cut short.…

Cross References
Proverbs 6:6
Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

Proverbs 26:6
Like cutting off one's own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.


Treasury of Scripture

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

vinegar

Proverbs 25:13,20
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters…

as smoke.

Isaiah 65:5
Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day.

so

Matthew 25:26
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

Romans 12:11
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Hebrews 6:12
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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Verse 26. - Vinegar (Ruth 2:14; Psalm 69:21). As sour wine sets the teeth on edge. Septuagint, "as the unripe grape is harmful to the teeth" (Ezekiel 18:2). Smoke. In a country where chimneys were unknown, and the fuel was wood or some substance more unsavoury, the eyes must have often been painfully affected by the household fire. Thus lacrimosus, "tear-producing," is a classical epithet of smoke (see Ovid, 'Metam.,' 10:6; Her., 'Sat.,' 1:5, 80). To these two annoyances is compared the messenger who loiters on his errand. The last clause is rendered by the LXX., "So is iniquity to those who practise it" - it brings only pain and vexation.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Like vinegar
כַּחֹ֤מֶץ ׀ (ka·ḥō·meṣ)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2558: Vinegar

to the teeth
לַשִּׁנַּ֗יִם (laš·šin·na·yim)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - cd
Strong's 8127: A tooth, ivory, a cliff

and smoke
וְכֶעָשָׁ֥ן (wə·ḵe·‘ā·šān)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6227: Smoke

to the eyes,
לָעֵינָ֑יִם (lā·‘ê·nā·yim)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - cd
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

so
כֵּ֥ן (kên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

[is] the sluggard
הֶ֝עָצֵ֗ל (he·‘ā·ṣêl)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6102: Sluggish, lazy

to those who send him.
לְשֹׁלְחָֽיו׃ (lə·šō·lə·ḥāw)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out


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