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Proverbs 4:16

What does Proverbs 4:16 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 4:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

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

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For they sleep not, except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.15Avoid it, pass not by it; Turn from it, and pass on.

v.16This passage

v.17For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 22:66

    And as soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led him away into their council, saying,

  • Isaiah 57:20

    But the wicked are like the troubled sea; for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt.

  • Psalms 36:4

    He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

  • Proverbs 1:16

    For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.

  • John 18:28

    They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Prætorium: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the Prætorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.

  • Micah 2:1

    Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

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