Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest,
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!
Julia Smith Translation
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down:
King James 2000
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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 Then I myself saw and my heart considered; I looked, and I took hold of instruction: 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest, 34 and your poverty will come running, and your lack like an armed warrior.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4-11
Do not give sleep to your eyes, or slumber to your eyelids.
Romans 13:11
And [do] this [because you] know the time, that [it is] already the hour for you to wake up from sleep. For our salvation [is] nearer now than when we believed.
Ephesians 5:14
for everything made visible is light. Therefore it says, Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
So then, we must not sleep like the rest, but must be on the alert and be self-controlled.