Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thine hands together yet a little;
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:
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;
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 This I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and took it for a warning. 33 Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thine hands together yet a little; 34 so shall poverty come unto thee as one that travaileth by the way, and necessity like a weaponed man.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4-11
let not thine eyes sleep, nor thine eyelids slumber.
Romans 13:11
This also we know, I mean the season: how that it is time that we should now 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 stand up from death, and Christ shall give thee light."
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
Therefore let us not sleep as do others: but let us watch and be sober.