Proverbs 3:24

Amplified Bible

When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When you lie down, you will not be afraid;you will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.

Hebrew Names Version
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

King James Version
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

English Standard Version
If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

New Century Version
When you lie down, you won't be afraid; when you lie down, you will sleep in peace.

New English Translation
When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.

New American Standard Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

World English Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

Geneva Bible (1587)
If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.

Legacy Standard Bible
When you lie down, you will not be in dread;You will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.

Berean Standard Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

Contemporary English Version
you will rest without a worry and sleep soundly.

Complete Jewish Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Darby Translation
when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, but thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Easy-to-Read Version
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. When you rest, your sleep will be peaceful.

George Lamsa Translation
When you lie down, you shall not be afraid; yea, you shall lie down and your sleep shall be sweet.

Good News Translation
You will not be afraid when you go to bed, and you will sleep soundly through the night.

Lexham English Bible
If you sit down, you will not panic, and if you lie down, then your sleep shall be sweet.

Literal Translation
When you lie down, you shall not dread; yea, you shall lie down and your sleep shall be sweet.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf thou slepest, thou shalt not be afrayed, but shalt take thy rest & slepe swetely.

American Standard Version
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Bible in Basic English
When you take your rest you will have no fear, and on your bed sleep will be sweet to you.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

King James Version (1611)
When thou lyest downe, thou shalt not be afraide: yea, thou shalt lye downe, and thy sleepe shalbe sweet.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If thou sleepest, thou shalt not be afraide: but shalt take thy rest, and sleepe sweetely.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For if thou rest, thou shalt be undismayed; and if thou sleep, thou shalt slumber sweetly.

English Revised Version
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If thou schalt slepe, thou schalt not drede; thou schalt reste, and thi sleep schal be soft.

Update Bible Version
When you lie down, you shall not be afraid: Yes, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.

Webster's Bible Translation
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: but thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

New King James Version
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet.

New Living Translation
You can go to bed without fear; you will lie down and sleep soundly.

New Life Bible
You will not be afraid when you lie down. When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

New Revised Standard
If you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When thou sittest down, thou shalt have no dread, yea thou shalt lie down, and sweet shall be thy sleep.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Revised Standard Version
If you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Young's Literal Translation
If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Contextual Overview

²¹My son, let them not escape from your sight, But keep sound wisdom and discretion, ²²And they will be life to your soul (your inner self) And a gracious adornment to your neck (your outer self). ²³Then you will walk on your way [of life] securely And your foot will not stumble. ²⁴When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.²⁵Do not be afraid of sudden fear Nor of the storm of the wicked when it comes [since you will be blameless]; ²⁶For the LORD will be your confidence, firm and strong, And will keep your foot from being caught [in a trap].

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

liest: Proverbs 6:22, Leviticus 26:6, Psalms 3:5, Psalms 4:8, Psalms 121:4-7, Ezekiel 34:15

and: Psalms 127:2, Jeremiah 31:26, Acts 12:6, 1 Thessalonians 4:13, 1 Thessalonians 4:14

Reciprocal: Job 11:18 - thou shalt take Ecclesiastes 5:12 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:2
And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,

Genesis 3:8
And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool [afternoon breeze] of the day, so the man and his wife hid and kept themselves hidden from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:9
But the LORD God called to Adam, and said to him, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth; In pain you will give birth to children; Yet your desire and longing will be for your husband, And he will rule [with authority] over you and be responsible for you."

Genesis 3:17
Then to Adam the LORD God said, "Because you have listened [attentively] to the voice of your wife, and have eaten [fruit] from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it'; The ground is [now] under a curse because of you; In sorrow and toil you shall eat [the fruit] of it All the days of your life.

Genesis 3:18
"Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you shall eat the plants of the field.

Genesis 3:22
And the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit), knowing [how to distinguish between] good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take from the tree of life as well, and eat [its fruit], and live [in this fallen, sinful condition] forever"—

Exodus 25:2
"Tell the children of Israel to take an offering for Me. From every man whose heart moves him [to give willingly] you shall take My offering.

Numbers 22:23
When the donkey saw the Angel of the LORD standing in the way and His drawn sword in His hand, the donkey turned off the path and went into the field; but Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back toward the path.

Joshua 5:13
Now when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his drawn sword in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us or for our adversaries?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When thou liest down thou shalt not be afraid,.... That is, when thou liest down on thy bed at night in order to take sleep, having committed thyself into the hands of a faithful Creator and covenant God and Father, and of Christ the Redeemer and Wisdom of God; thou shalt not be afraid of thieves breaking in to hurt thy person or rob thee of thy property, or of fire to consume thy dwelling and substance, and of nocturnal apparitions and diabolical spectres deceiving thy sight and disturbing thy mind: or when thou art "asleep" e, for so the word also signifies; thou shall not be surprised out of it with any of the above things, or terrified in it with uneasy imaginations, anxious cares, and distressing dreams;

yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet; free of all uneasy thoughts and cares, sound and refreshing, pleasant and comfortable, like that of the labouring man, Ecclesiastes 5:12; see Psalms 4:8. This epithet of "sweet" is often given to "sleep" in poetic writings f.

e תשכב "dormieris", V. L. "eum dormies", Vatablus. f γλυκυς υπνος, Homer. Odyss. 7. v. 289. & 19. v. 511. Theocrit. Idyll. 11. v. 22, 23.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 3:24. When thou liest down — In these verses (Proverbs 3:23-26) the wise man describes the confidence, security, and safety, which proceed from a consciousness of innocence. Most people are afraid of sleep, lest they should never awake, because they feel they are not prepared to appear before God. They are neither innocent nor pardoned. True believers know that God is their keeper night and day; they have strong confidence in him that he will be their director and not suffer them to take any false step in life, Proverbs 3:23. They go to rest in perfect confidence that God will watch over them; hence their sleep, being undisturbed with foreboding and evil dreams, is sweet and refreshing, Proverbs 3:24. They are not apprehensive of any sudden destruction, because they know that all things are under the control of God; and they are satisfied that if sudden destruction should fall upon their wicked neighbour, yet God knows well how to preserve them, Proverbs 3:25. And all this naturally flows from the Lord being their confidence, Proverbs 3:26.