Proverbs 24:33
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
- KJV
- Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
- WEB
- a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
- ASV
- [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
- DARBY
- A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
- BLB
- A little sleep, a little slumber, a little a folding of the hands to rest,
- ÅB
- Sier du: La meg enda sove litt, blunde litt, folde mine hender litt og hvile --
- OTB
- En liten søvn, en liten slumring, en liten folding av hendene for å hvile—
- B1930
- Sier du: La mig ennu sove litt, blunde litt, folde mine hender litt og hvile -
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 6:4–11
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:6–8
Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
Read in contextRomans 13:11
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Read in contextEphesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
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