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


In Context

30 I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;

31 thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.

32 I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:

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

34 and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

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: