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


In Context

13 Take firm hold of instruction. Don't let her go. Keep her, for she is your life.

14 Don't enter into the path of the wicked. Don't walk in the way of evil men.

15 Avoid it, and don't pass by it. Turn from it, and pass on.

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

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:16For they sleep not except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to 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 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.