Parallel Verses
King James 2000
For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall.
New American Standard Bible
And
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
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.
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.
Themes
Activity » Evil » General references to
Evil » Activity » General references to
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 4:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Right Path
15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 16 For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall. 17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 36:4
He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he abhors not evil.
Micah 2:1
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
2 Peter 2:14
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: a heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
Luke 22:66
And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying,
John 18:28
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.