Proverbs 6:7
They do not have a king or a governor or any other person who rules them and forces them to work,
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
In Context
8but they work hard all during the summer, gathering and storing food to eat during the winter.
Cross References
Job 38:39“When a lioness and her cubs crouch in their dens or hide in a thicket, waiting for some animal to pass by that they can kill, can you find animals for a lioness to kill so that she and her cubs can eat the meat and not be hungry any more?
Job 41:4Will they make an agreement with you to work for you, to be your slaves as long as they live?
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 →