Parallel Verses
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.
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.
King James 2000
For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 4:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Right Path
15 Avoid it; do not transgress it; turn away from it and pass by. 16 For they will not sleep if they have not done wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep if they do not cause stumbling. 17 For they ate the bread of wickedness, and they drank the wine of violence.
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Cross References
Psalm 36:4
He plans sin on his bed. He puts himself on a way [that is] not good. He does not reject evil.
Micah 2:1
Woe [to] those who plan wickedness and evil deeds upon their beds! In the light of the morning they did it, because they have power in their hands.
Proverbs 1:16
for their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed blood,
Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked [are] like the churning sea, that is not able to keep quiet, and its waters toss up mire and mud.
2 Peter 2:14
having eyes full of [desire for] an adulteress and unceasing from sin, enticing unstable persons, [and] having hearts trained for greediness. Accursed children!
Luke 22:66
And when day came, the council of elders of the people gathered, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away to their Sanhedrin,
John 18:28
Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's residence. Now it was early, and they did not enter into the governor's residence so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.