Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

King James Version

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Holman Bible

For they can’t sleep
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.

International Standard Version

For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble.

A Conservative Version

For they do not sleep unless they do evil. And their sleep is taken away unless they cause to fall.

American Standard Version

For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

Amplified


For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.

Bible in Basic English

For they take no rest till they have done evil; their sleep is taken away if they have not been the cause of someone's fall.

Darby Translation

For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall.

Julia Smith Translation

For they slept not, if they shall not do evil; and their sleep was taken away, if they shall not cause to falter.

King James 2000

For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling.

Modern King James verseion

For they do not sleep, except when they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For they cannot sleep, except they have first done some mischief: neither take they any rest, except they have first done some harm.

NET Bible

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

New Heart English Bible

For they do not sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

The Emphasized Bible

For they sleep not, unless they can do mischief, - They rob themselves of their sleep, if they cannot cause someone to stumble,

Webster

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

World English Bible

For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

Youngs Literal Translation

For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not some to stumble.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ישׁן 
Yashen 
Usage: 19

and their sleep
שׁנא שׁנה 
Shehah 
Usage: 23

is taken away
גּזל 
Gazal 
Usage: 30

Verse Info

Context Readings

The Right Path

15 Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on. 16 For they cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Cross References

Psalm 36:4

He plots trouble while on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject evil.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Proverbs 1:16

for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.

2 Peter 2:14

They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children!

Luke 22:66

When day came, the assembly of the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes. And they led him away to their council, and they said,

John 18:28

Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.

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