Proverbs 24:33
A little sleep—a little slumber—A little folding of the hands to lie down.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
In Context
32And I see—I set my heart, || I have seen—I have received instruction,
34And your poverty has come [as] a traveler, || And your want as an armed man!
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4Do not give sleep to your eyes, || And slumber to your eyelids,
Proverbs 18:9He also that is remiss in his work, || He [is] a brother to a destroyer.
Romans 13:11And this, knowing the time, that for us, the hour already [is] to be aroused out of sleep, for now our salvation [is] nearer than when we believed;
1 Thessalonians 5:6so, then, we may not sleep as also the others, but watch and be sober,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:31-34
The Vineyard of the Slothful. 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. Here is, 1. The… Read the whole commentary →