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Proverbs 6:4-11
New King James Version
Proverbs 6:4-11
New King James Version
4 (A)Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
And like a bird from the hand of the [a]fowler.
The Folly of Indolence
6 (B)Go to the ant, you sluggard!
Consider her ways and be wise,
7 Which, having no [b]captain,
Overseer or ruler,
8 Provides her [c]supplies in the summer,
And gathers her food in the harvest.
9 (C)How long will you [d]slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep—
11 (D)So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:5 One who catches birds in a trap or snare
- Proverbs 6:7 Lit. leader
- Proverbs 6:8 Lit. bread
- Proverbs 6:9 Lit. lie down
Proverbs 6:4-11
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 6:4-11
New American Standard Bible
4 Give no (A)sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
5 Save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand,
And like a (B)bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the (C)ant, you [a](D)lazy one,
Observe its ways and be wise,
7 Which, having (E)no chief,
Officer, or ruler,
8 Prepares its food (F)in the summer
And gathers its provision in the harvest.
9 How long will you lie down, you [b]lazy one?
When will you arise from your sleep?
10 “(G)A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to [c]rest,”
11 (H)Then your poverty will come in like a [d]drifter,
And your need like [e]an armed man.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:6 Lit idle one
- Proverbs 6:9 Lit idle one
- Proverbs 6:10 Lit lie down
- Proverbs 6:11 Lit one who moves about
- Proverbs 6:11 Lit a man with a shield
Proverbs 6:4-11
Amplified Bible
Proverbs 6:4-11
Amplified Bible
4
Give no [unnecessary] sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids;
5
Tear yourself away like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6
Go to the ant, O lazy one;
Observe her ways and be wise,(A)
7
Which, having no chief,
Overseer or ruler,
8
She prepares her food in the summer
And brings in her provisions [of food for the winter] in the harvest.
9
How long will you lie down, O lazy one?
When will you arise from your sleep [and learn self-discipline]?(B)
10
“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to lie down and rest”—
11
So your poverty will come like an approaching prowler who walks [slowly, but surely]
And your need [will come] like an armed man [making you helpless].(C)
Proverbs 6:4-11
New International Version
Proverbs 6:4-11
New International Version
4 Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.(A)
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle(B) from the hand of the hunter,(C)
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.(D)
Proverbs 6:4-11
King James Version
Proverbs 6:4-11
King James Version
4 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:
7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
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?
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.
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