Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down:
New American Standard Bible
A little folding of the hands to rest,”
King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Holman Bible
a little folding of the arms to rest,
International Standard Version
"A little sleep! A little slumber! A little folding of my hands to rest!"
A Conservative Version
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
American Standard Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
Amplified
“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest [and daydream],”
Bible in Basic English
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
Darby Translation
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
King James 2000
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Lexham Expanded Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest,
Modern King James verseion
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thine hands together yet a little;
NET Bible
"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
New Heart English Bible
a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;
The Emphasized Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:
Webster
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;
Youngs Literal Translation
A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.
Interlinear
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References
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:33
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Sayings Of The Wise
32 And I shall see and set my heart: I looked, I took instruction. 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down: 34 And thy poverty came going about, and thy want as a man of shield.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4-11
Thou shalt not give sleep to thine eyes, and slumber to thine eyelashes.
Romans 13:11
And this, knowing the time, that already the hour ye should be awakened out of sleep: for now our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Ephesians 5:14
Wherefore he says, Awake, who sleeping, and arise from the dead, and Christ will enlighten thee.
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
Therefore let us not sleep, as also the rest; but let us watch and be sober.