13Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes — be satisfied with bread.


In Context

10 A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them are an abomination to Jehovah.

11 Even by his actions a youth maketh himself known, Whether his work be pure or upright.

12 A hearing ear, and a seeing eye, Jehovah hath made even both of them.

13 Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes — be satisfied with bread.

14 'Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

15 Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 20:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:13Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:13Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:13Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:13Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thy eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:13Don't love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:13Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.