Proverbs 22:13
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”

Young's Literal Translation
The slothful hath said, ‘A lion [is] without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.’

King James Bible
The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Hebrew
The sluggard
עָ֭צֵל (‘ā·ṣêl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6102: Sluggish, lazy

says,
אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“[There is] a lion
אֲרִ֣י (’ă·rî)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 738: A lion

outside!
בַח֑וּץ (ḇa·ḥūṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors

I will be slain
אֵֽרָצֵֽחַ׃ (’ê·rā·ṣê·aḥ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7523: To dash in pieces, kill, to murder

in
בְּת֥וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

the streets!”
רְ֝חֹב֗וֹת (rə·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7339: A broad open place, plaza

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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