⁶ Go to the ant,^(A) you slacker!^(B)
Observe its ways and become wise.
⁷ Without leader, administrator, or ruler,
⁸ it prepares its provisions in summer;
it gathers its food during harvest.^(C)
9 How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep?
¹⁰ A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the arms to rest,^(D)
11 and your poverty will come like a robber,
your need, like a bandit.^(E)

²⁵ the ants are not a strong people,
yet they store up their food in the summer;^(A)