Proverbs 6:9
7 Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,
8 it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
10 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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
- KJV
- How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- WEB
- How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
- ASV
- How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- DARBY
- How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
- BLB
- Until when, O sluggish one, will you slumber? When will you rise from your sleep?
- ÅB
- Hvor lenge vil du ligge, du late? Når vil du stå opp av din søvn?
- OTB
- Hvor lenge vil du ligge der, du late? Når vil du reise deg fra din søvn?
- B1930
- Hvor lenge vil du ligge, du late? Når vil du stå op av din søvn?
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 contextPsalms 94:8
Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
Read in contextJeremiah 4:14
Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
Read in contextEphesians 5:14
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Read in contextProverbs 1:22
“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Read in contextRomans 13:11
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:2–7
For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.
Read in context