Proverbs 6:10
8 it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
9 How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
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 folding of the hands to lie down,
- ÅB
- Du sier: La meg enda få sove litt, blunde litt, folde mine hender litt og hvile!
- OTB
- En kort søvn, en liten slummer,
en lett folding av hendene for å hvile— - B1930
- Du sier: La mig ennu få sove litt, blunde litt, folde mine hender litt og hvile!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 24:33–34
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Read in contextProverbs 6:6
Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
Read in contextProverbs 23:33–34
Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will utter perversities.
Read in context