Proverbs 6:9
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 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.
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
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Read in contextPsalms 94:8
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Read in contextJeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
Read in contextEphesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Read in contextProverbs 1:22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
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 context1 Thessalonians 5:2–7
For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
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