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Douay-Rheims
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Because of the cold the sluggard would not plough: he shall beg therefore in the summer, and it shall not be given him.
King James
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The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Louis Second
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A cause du froid, le paresseux ne laboure pas; A la moisson, il voudrait récolter, mais il n'y a rien
Martin Luther
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Um der Kälte willen will der Faule nicht pflügen; so muß er in der Ernte betteln und nichts kriegen.
Vulgate
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propter frigus piger arare noluit mendicabit ergo aestate et non dabitur ei

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


propter : (+ acc.) near, close, on account of, because of.
frigus : cold, coolness, cold of winter /dullness, indolence.
ergo : (gen. +) on account of, because of.
ergo : (adv.) accordingly, then, therefore.
non : not.