33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!


In Context

30 I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;

31 and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.

32 Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:

33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

34 So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

Proverbs 24:33 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:33[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest-

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:33Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:33a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:33A little sleep — a little slumber — A little folding of the hands to lie down.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: