Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal 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!
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;
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;
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 see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction, 33 A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down. 34 And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4-11
Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
Romans 13:11
And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already is to be aroused out of sleep, for now nearer is our salvation than when we did believe;
Ephesians 5:14
wherefore he saith, 'Arouse thyself, thou who art sleeping, and arise out of the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.'
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,