Devine Scripture

Proverbs 6:4

Proverbs chapter 6 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

Context

v.3Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, Seeing thou art come into the hand of thy neighbor: Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor;

v.4This passage

v.5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Cross references

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

  • Proverbs 6:10

    Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

  • Mark 13:35

    Watch therefore: for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning;

  • Matthew 24:17

    let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house:

  • Psalms 132:4

    I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Or slumber to mine eyelids;

  • Ecclesiastes 9:10

    Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.