Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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! Don't travel on it! Turn away from it, and pass on by. 16 For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and they drink the wine of violence.

Cross References

Psalm 36:4

He devises iniquity on his bed and is determined to follow a path that is not good. He does not resist evil.

Micah 2:1

"Woe to those who are crafting iniquity, planning evil well into the night! When morning's light comes, they carry out their plans because they have the power to do so.

Proverbs 1:16

For they run toward evil; these enticers shed blood without hesitation.

Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked are tossed like the sea; for it is not able to keep still, and its waters toss up mire and mud.

2 Peter 2:14

With eyes full of adultery, they cannot get enough of sin. They seduce unsteady souls and have had their hearts expertly trained in greed. They are doomed to a curse.

Luke 22:66

As soon as day came, the elders of the people, the high priests, and the scribes assembled and brought him before their Council.

John 18:28

Then Jesus was led from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters early in the morning. The Jews did not go into the headquarters, to avoid becoming unclean and unable to eat the Passover meal.

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