Proverbs 24:33
A little sleep — a little slumber — A little folding of the hands to lie down.
Young's Literal Translation
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 — I do set my heart, I have seen — I have received instruction,
34And thy poverty hath come [as] a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!
Cross References
Proverbs 6:4Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
Proverbs 18:9He also that is remiss in his work, A brother he [is] 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 nearer [is] our salvation than when we did believe;
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 →