Proverbs 6:4
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
- KJV
- Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
- WEB
- Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
- ASV
- Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
- DARBY
- Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:
- BLB
- You should not give sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids—
- ÅB
- unn ikke dine øyne søvn og dine øyelokk blund,
- OTB
- Tillat ikke søvn til dine øyne, eller slummer til dine øyelokk;
- B1930
- unn ikke dine øine søvn og dine øielokk blund,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 132:4
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
Read in contextProverbs 6:10–11
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Read in contextMark 13:35–36
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
Read in contextEcclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Read in contextMatthew 24:17–18
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
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