Proverbs 24:33
Yet a little shenot (slumber), a little sleep, 1 a little folding of the yadayim to rest; 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
In Context
32Then I saw, and considered it well in my lev; 1 I looked upon it, and received musar. 1
34So shall thy poverty come like a prowler; 1 and thy want like an ish mogen (armed warrior).
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4Give not sheynah to thine eyes, 1 nor slumber to thine eyelids. 1
Proverbs 18:9He also that is slack in his work 1 is brother to him that is ba'al mashchit (master of destruction). 1
Romans 13:11Besides this, you have da'as of the zman, that it is already the hour for you to wake up from sheynah (sleep), for now is Yeshu'at Eloheinu nearer than when we became ma'aminim (believers).
1 Thessalonians 5:6Therefore, let us not “sleep” as the rest, but let us keep awake with zililut da'as (sober-mindedness).
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 →