Translations
Louis Segond 1910
A cause du froid, le paresseux ne laboure pas; A la moisson, il voudrait récolter, mais il n'y a rien.
KJV
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)
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