Devine Scripture

Proverbs 6:9

Proverbs chapter 6 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.8Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.

v.9This passage

v.10Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

Cross references

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

  • Proverbs 24:33

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

  • Jeremiah 4:14

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

  • Romans 13:11

    And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when wefirstbelieved.

  • Ephesians 5:14

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

  • Proverbs 1:22

    How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2

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