Proverbs 6:4
What does Proverbs 6:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 6:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:
Context
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.
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