Proverbs 24:33

King James Version (1611 Edition)

Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the handes to sleepe:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
a little sleep, a little slumber,a little folding of the arms to rest,

Hebrew Names Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

English Standard Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

New American Standard Bible
"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,"

New Century Version
You sleep a little; you take a nap. You fold your hands and lie down to rest.

Amplified Bible
"Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest [and daydream],"

World English Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe.

Legacy Standard Bible
"A little sleep, a little slumber,A little folding of the hands to rest,"

Berean Standard Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Contemporary English Version
Sleep a little. Doze a little. Fold your hands and twiddle your thumbs.

Complete Jewish Bible
"I'll just lie here a bit, rest a little longer, just fold my hands for a little more sleep" —

Darby Translation
—A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

Easy-to-Read Version
a little sleep, a little rest, folding your arms, and taking a nap—

George Lamsa Translation
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands upon your chest;

Good News Translation
Go ahead and take your nap; go ahead and sleep. Fold your hands and rest awhile,

Lexham English Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest,

Literal Translation
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle:

American Standard Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

Bible in Basic English
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep'--

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea sleepe on styll [I say] a litle, slumber a litle, folde thy handes together yet a litle:

English Revised Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Hou longe slepist thou, slow man? whanne schalt thou ryse fro sleep? Sotheli thou schalt slepe a litil, thou schalt nappe a litil, thou schalt ioyne togidere the hondis a litil, to take reste;

Update Bible Version
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

Webster's Bible Translation
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

New English Translation
"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,

New King James Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest;

New Living Translation
A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

New Life Bible
"A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands to rest,"

New Revised Standard
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.

Revised Standard Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Young's Literal Translation
A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,"

Contextual Overview

³⁰ I went by the field of the slouthfull, and by the vineyard of the man voyd of vnderstanding: ³¹ And loe, it was all growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall therof was broken downe: ³² Then I saw, and considered it well, I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction. ³³ Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the handes to sleepe: ³⁴ So shall thy pouertie come, as one that traueileth, and thy want, as an armed man.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 6:4-11, Romans 13:11, Ephesians 5:14, 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 4:5 - lay on a bed 2 Samuel 11:2 - arose from Proverbs 6:9 - How Proverbs 6:10 - General Proverbs 19:15 - casteth Proverbs 26:14 - General Ecclesiastes 4:5 - fool Mark 13:36 - he find

Cross-References

Genesis 24:3
And I will make thee sweare by the LORD the God of heauen, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites amongst whom I dwell.

Genesis 24:5
And the seruant said vnto him, Peraduenture the woman will not bee willing to follow mee vnto this land: must I needes bring thy sonne againe, vnto the land from whence thou camest?

Genesis 24:8
And if the woman wil not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt bee cleare from this my othe: onely bring not my sonne thither againe.

Genesis 24:31
And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD, wherefore standest thou without? for I haue prepared the house, and roome for the camels.

Genesis 24:34
And he said, I am Abrahams seruant.

Job 23:12
Neither haue I gone backe from the commaundement of his lippes, I haue esteemed the words of his mouth more then my necessary food.

Proverbs 22:29
Seest thou a man diligent in his businesse? hee shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before meane men.

Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoeuer thy hand findeth to doe, doe it with thy might: for there is no worke, nor deuice, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue, whither thou goest.

John 4:14
But whosoeuer drinketh of the water that I shal giue him, shall neuer thirst: but the water that I shall giue him, shalbe in him a well of water springing vp into euerlasting life.

1 Timothy 6:2
And they that haue beleeuing masters, let them not despise them because they are brethren: but rather doe them seruice, because they are faithfull and beloued, partakers of the benefite: These things teach and exhort.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber,.... The sight of the field and vineyard of the slothful put Solomon in mind of an observation he had made before, which fitly describes the disposition and gesture of the sluggard, by which means his field and vineyard came to ruin; while he should be up and tilling his field and planting his vineyard, he is in his bed; and awaking, instead of rising, craves for and indulges himself in another little doze, and which he repeats again and again;

a little folding of the hands to sleep; which ought to have been employed another way; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the Proverbs 6:11 note.