Parallel Verses

King James Version

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

New American Standard Bible

How long will you lie down, O sluggard?
When will you arise from your sleep?

Holman Bible

How long will you stay in bed, you slacker?
When will you get up from your sleep?

International Standard Version

How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep?

A Conservative Version

How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep?

American Standard Version

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Amplified


How long will you lie down, O lazy one?
When will you arise from your sleep [and learn self-discipline]?

Bible in Basic English

How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

Darby Translation

How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Julia Smith Translation

How long, O slothful one, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou rise from thy sleep?

King James 2000

How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep?

Lexham Expanded Bible

How long will you lie down, lazy? When will you rise up from your sleep?

Modern King James verseion

How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

How long wilt thou sleep, thou sluggish man? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

NET Bible

How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?

New Heart English Bible

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

The Emphasized Bible

How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?

Webster

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

World English Bible

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

Youngs Literal Translation

Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁכב 
Shakab 
Usage: 210

עצל 
`atsel 
Usage: 14

when wilt thou arise
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Against Sloth

8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:


Cross References

Proverbs 24:33-34

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Psalm 94:8

Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Proverbs 1:22

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Jeremiah 4:14

O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

John 1:6

There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

Romans 13:11

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

Ephesians 5:14

Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

1 Thessalonians 5:2-7

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

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