Proverbs 6:9
Ad mosai wilt thou lie down, O atzel (sluggard, lazy one)? 1 When wilt thou arise out of thy sheynah (sleep)? 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
In Context
8Prepareth her lechem in the kayitz (summer), 1 and gathereth her food in the katzir (harvest). 1
Cross References
Psalms 94:8Understand, ye brutish among the people; 1 and ye kesilim (fools), when will ye get seichel? 1
Proverbs 19:15Atzlah (slothfulness, laziness) casteth into a tardemah (deep sleep), 1 and a nefesh remiyyah (a deceitfully lazy soul) shall suffer hunger. 1
Proverbs 26:14As the delet (door) turneth upon its hinges, 1 so doth the atzel (sluggard, lazy one) upon his mittah (bed). 1
Jeremiah 4:14O Yerushalayim, wash thine lev from rah, 1 that thou mayest be saved. 1 Ad mosai (how long, how much longer) 1 shall thy sinful machsh'vot lodge within thee? 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 5:2For you yourselves know very well that the Yom Hashem comes like a ganav balailah (thief in the night).
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 →