Proverbs 6:10
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward 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
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Read in contextProverbs 6:6
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Read in contextProverbs 23:33–34
Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
Read in context