Proverbs 6:9
How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
In Context
8Provideth in the summer her provision, gathereth in harvest-time her food.
10“A little [more] sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;”
Cross References
Psalms 94:8Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye become intelligent!
Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth [man] into a deep sleep; and an indolent soul will suffer hunger.
Proverbs 26:14As a door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
Jeremiah 4:14Wash from wrong doing thy heart, O Jerusalem, in order that thou mayest be saved. How long wilt thou let lodge within thee the thoughts of thy wickedness?
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 →