Proverbs 24:33
If you spend a lot of time sleeping and napping and folding your hands while you rest,
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
In Context
32When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this:
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4Do not wait until tomorrow; go immediately! Do not rest until you go and talk with him.
Proverbs 18:9People who are lazy while they work are just as bad as [IDM] those who destroy things.
Romans 13:11Do what I have just told you, especially since you know the significance of the time in which we are living. You know that it is time for you to be fully alert and active [MET], like people who have awakened from sleeping [MET], because the time when Christ will finally deliver us from this world’s pain/sin and sorrow is near. That time ◄is closer than/was not so close► when we first believed in Christ.
1 Thessalonians 5:6So we believers must be aware of what is happening. We must be watching carefully, as people who are awake watch for a thief [MET]. We must be self-controlled, as people who are ◄sober/not drunk► are able to control what they do [MET]. People who sleep [MET] are unaware of what is happening, and unbelievers are like that.
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 →