Proverbs 6:7
Which has no captain, overseer, and ruler,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
In Context
6Go to the ant, O slothful one, || See her ways and be wise;
8She prepares her bread in summer, || She has gathered her food in harvest.
Cross References
Job 38:39Do you hunt prey for a lion? And fulfill the desire of young lions?
Job 41:4Does he make a covenant with you? Do you take him for a perpetual servant?
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:7-12
Slothfulness Reproved. 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. Solomon, in these verses, addresses himself to the sluggard who loves… Read the whole commentary →