4Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.


In Context

1 My son, if you be surety for your friend, if you have stricken your hand with a stranger,

2 You are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth.

3 Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you are come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend.

4 Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

5 Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

Proverbs 6:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:4Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:4Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,