Proverbs 16:26

Proverbs 16:26 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

26The appetite of laborers works for them;

their hunger drives them on.

26A worker’s appetite works for him,

For his hunger urges him on.

26The appetite of a worker works for him,

For his hunger urges him on.

26A worker’s appetite works for him

because his hunger drives him onward.

26The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him;

For his mouth urgeth him thereto.

26The person that traueileth, traueileth for himselfe: for his mouth craueth it of him.

26The appetite of the laboring man labors for him,

for his mouth urges him on.

26The hunger of workers makes them work.

Their hunger drives them on.

26When a worker feels hungry,

it causes him to work more.

So it helps him to get food to eat.

26A laboring man has labored for himself, || For his mouth has caused [him] to bend over it.