New King James Version
The person who labors, labors for himself, For his hungry mouth drives him on.

King James Bible
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

American Standard Version
The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto .

Berean Study Bible
A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.

English Revised Version
The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth craveth it of him.

World English Bible
The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

Young's Literal Translation
A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused him to bend over it.

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