Proverbs 24:33
New International Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

New Living Translation
A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

English Standard Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Berean Standard Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

King James Bible
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

New King James Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest;

New American Standard Bible
“A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,”

NASB 1995
“A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,”

NASB 1977
“A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,”

Legacy Standard Bible
“A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,”

Amplified Bible
“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest [and daydream],”

Christian Standard Bible
a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest,

American Standard Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And if you slumber a little and sleep a little, and for a little you put your hand upon your chest

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The sluggard says, I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, and for a little while I fold my arms across my breast.

Contemporary English Version
Sleep a little. Doze a little. Fold your hands and twiddle your thumbs.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest:

English Revised Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Just a little sleep, just a little slumber, just a little nap."

Good News Translation
Go ahead and take your nap; go ahead and sleep. Fold your hands and rest awhile,

International Standard Version
"A little sleep! A little slumber! A little folding of my hands to rest!"

JPS Tanakh 1917
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep'--

Literal Standard Version
A little sleep—a little slumber—A little folding of the hands to lie down.

Majority Standard Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

New American Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest—

NET Bible
"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,

New Revised Standard Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

New Heart English Bible
a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

Webster's Bible Translation
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

World English Bible
a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

Young's Literal Translation
A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Further Sayings of the Wise
32I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction: 33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 34and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.…

Cross References
Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Proverbs 19:15
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 20:13
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.

Proverbs 24:32
I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:

Proverbs 24:34
and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

Ecclesiastes 4:5
The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.


Treasury of Scripture

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Proverbs 6:4-11
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids…

Romans 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.

Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

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Verses 33, 34. - These verses are a repetition, with very slight variations, of Proverbs 6:10, 11 (where see notes), and possibly have been introduced here by a later editor. Ver. 33 seems to be the sluggard's own words; Ver. 34 shows the result of his sloth. There are numberless proverbs dedicated to this subject in all languages; e.g., "No sweat, no sweet;" "No pains, no gains; .... He that wad eat the kernel maun crack the nut;" "A punadas entran las buenas hadas," "Good luck enters by dint of cuffs" (Spanish); "Nihil agendo male agere discimus; .... The dog in the kennel," say the Chinese. "barks at his fleas; the dog that hunts does not feel them" (Kelly). "Sloth and much sleep," say the Arabs, "remove from God and bring on poverty." The LXX. is somewhat dramatic in its rendering: "Afterwards I repented (μετενόησα), I looked that I might receive instruction. 'I slumber a little, I sleep a little, for a little I clasp (ἐναγκαλίζομαι) my hands across my breast.' But if thou do this, thy poverty will come advancing, and thy want like a good runner (ἀγαθὸς δρομεύς)" The word ἐναγκαλίζομαι occurs in Proverbs 6:10, but nowhere else in the Septuagint. It is used by St. Mark (Mark 9:36; Mark 10:16). It has been thought that the original mashal ended with Ver. 32, the following passage being added by a scribe as illustrative in a marginal note, which afterwards crept into the text.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
A little
מְעַ֣ט (mə·‘aṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few

sleep,
שֵׁ֭נוֹת (nō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 8142: Sleep

a little
מְעַ֣ט (mə·‘aṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few

slumber,
תְּנוּמ֑וֹת (tə·nū·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 8572: Drowsiness, sleep

a little
מְעַ֓ט ׀ (mə·‘aṭ)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few

folding
חִבֻּ֖ק (ḥib·buq)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2264: A clasping, folding (of the hands)

of the hands
יָדַ֣יִם (yā·ḏa·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's 3027: A hand

to rest,
לִשְׁכָּֽב׃ (liš·kāḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7901: To lie down


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