16For they sleep not except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall.


In Context

13 Take hold on instruction, leave it not: keep it, because it is thy life.

14 Be not delighted in the paths of the wicked, neither let the way of evil men please thee.

15 Flee from it, pass not by it: go aside, and forsake it.

16 For they sleep not except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall.

17 They eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of iniquity.

18 But the path of the just, as a shining light, goeth forwards and increaseth even to perfect day.

Proverbs 4:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:16For they cannot sleep till they do evil; they are robbed of slumber till they make someone fall.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused some to fall.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16For they don't sleep, unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:16For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not some to stumble.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.