Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

New American Standard Bible

A little sleep, a little slumber,
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 sleep, a little slumber,
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;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Yea, sleep on still a little, slumber a little, fold thine hands together yet a little;

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מעט מעט 
M@`at 
Usage: 101

שׁנא שׁנה 
Shehah 
Usage: 23

a little
מעט מעט 
M@`at 
מעט מעט 
M@`at 
Usage: 101
Usage: 101

תּנוּמה 
T@nuwmah 
Usage: 5

חבּק 
Chibbuq 
Usage: 2

of the hands
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

Context Readings

More Sayings Of The Wise

32 When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw: 33 "A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, 34 and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber."

Cross References

Proverbs 6:4-11

Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

Romans 13:11

And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.

Ephesians 5:14

For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: "Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!"

1 Thessalonians 5:6-8

So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober.

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