Proverbs 6:10
“A little [more] sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;”
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
In Context
9How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
11But then will thy poverty come like a rover, and thy want as a man armed with a shield.
Cross References
Proverbs 23:33Thy eyes will see strange forms, and thy heart will speak perverse things.
Proverbs 24:34But then will thy poverty come like a rover; and thy wants as a man armed with a shield.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:7-12
Slothfulness Reproved. 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. Solomon, in these verses, addresses himself to the sluggard who loves… Read the whole commentary →