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Saturday, August 2nd, 2025
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Green's Literal Translation
Proverbs 6:4
Do not give sleep to your eyes, or slumber to your eyelids.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Don’t give sleep to your eyesor slumber to your eyelids.
Don’t give sleep to your eyesor slumber to your eyelids.
Hebrew Names Version
Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.
Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.
King James Version
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
English Standard Version
Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
New Century Version
Don't go to sleep or even rest your eyes,
Don't go to sleep or even rest your eyes,
New English Translation
Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
Amplified Bible
Give no [unnecessary] sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;
Give no [unnecessary] sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;
New American Standard Bible
Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;
Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;
World English Bible
Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.
Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Giue no sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Giue no sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Legacy Standard Bible
Give no sleep to your eyes,Nor slumber to your eyelids;
Give no sleep to your eyes,Nor slumber to your eyelids;
Berean Standard Bible
Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
Contemporary English Version
Do this before you fall asleep or even get sleepy.
Do this before you fall asleep or even get sleepy.
Complete Jewish Bible
give your eyes no sleep, give your eyelids no rest;
give your eyes no sleep, give your eyelids no rest;
Darby Translation
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:
Easy-to-Read Version
Don't wait to rest or sleep.
Don't wait to rest or sleep.
George Lamsa Translation
You shall not give sleep to your eyes nor slumber to your eyelids.
You shall not give sleep to your eyes nor slumber to your eyelids.
Good News Translation
Lexham English Bible
Do not give sleep to your eyes, or slumber to your eyelids.
Do not give sleep to your eyes, or slumber to your eyelids.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
let not thyne eyes slepe, ner thine eye lyddes slomber.
let not thyne eyes slepe, ner thine eye lyddes slomber.
American Standard Version
Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
Bible in Basic English
Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
King James Version (1611)
Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Let not thyne eyes sleepe, nor thyne eye liddes slumber.
Let not thyne eyes sleepe, nor thyne eye liddes slumber.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber with thine eyelids;
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber with thine eyelids;
English Revised Version
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
yyue thou not sleep to thin iyen, nether thin iyeliddis nappe.
yyue thou not sleep to thin iyen, nether thin iyeliddis nappe.
Update Bible Version
Don't give sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;
Don't give sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;
Webster's Bible Translation
Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.
Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.
New King James Version
Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.
Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.
New Living Translation
Don't put it off; do it now! Don't rest until you do.
Don't put it off; do it now! Don't rest until you do.
New Life Bible
Do not let your eyes sleep. Do not let your eyes close.
Do not let your eyes sleep. Do not let your eyes close.
New Revised Standard
Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes;
Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.
Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.
Revised Standard Version
Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
Young's Literal Translation
Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;
Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;
Contextual Overview
1 My son, if you are surety for your friend, if you struck your hands with an alien, 2 you are snared with the words of your mouth; you are captured with the words of your own mouth. 3 My son, do this then, and deliver yourself when you come into the hand of your friend: go lower yourself and be bold to your friend. 4 Do not give sleep to your eyes, or slumber to your eyelids. 5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a hand of a hunter , and as a bird from the fowler's hand.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 6:10, Proverbs 6:11, Psalms 132:4, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Matthew 24:17, Matthew 24:18, Mark 13:35, Mark 13:36
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:15 - hastened 1 Samuel 20:38 - General 1 Samuel 25:18 - made haste 2 Samuel 17:16 - but speedily 2 Samuel 19:16 - hasted Psalms 55:7 - General Proverbs 24:33 - General Isaiah 56:10 - loving Jeremiah 48:6 - Flee Mark 13:15 - General Luke 22:46 - Why sleep ye John 5:4 - first Acts 24:25 - when
Cross-References
Genesis 6:15
And you shall make it this way: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
And you shall make it this way: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
Genesis 6:20
from the birds according to its kind, and from the cattle according to its kind, from every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. Two from each shall come in to you to keep alive.
from the birds according to its kind, and from the cattle according to its kind, from every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. Two from each shall come in to you to keep alive.
Genesis 6:21
And take for yourself all food that is eaten, and gather to yourself. And let it be for you and for them for food.
And take for yourself all food that is eaten, and gather to yourself. And let it be for you and for them for food.
Genesis 6:22
And Noah did so, according to all that God commanded him, so he did.
And Noah did so, according to all that God commanded him, so he did.
Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower with its head in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, that we not be scattered on the face of all the earth.
And they said, Come, let us build a city and a tower with its head in the heavens, and make a name for ourselves, that we not be scattered on the face of all the earth.
Numbers 13:33
And we saw the giants there, the sons of Anak, of the giants. And we were in our own eyes as grasshoppers, and so we were in their eyes.
And we saw the giants there, the sons of Anak, of the giants. And we were in our own eyes as grasshoppers, and so we were in their eyes.
Numbers 16:2
and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty rulers of the congregation, elect men of the assembly, men of name.
and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty rulers of the congregation, elect men of the assembly, men of name.
Deuteronomy 3:11
For only Og the king of Bashan remained of the rest of the giants. Behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, nine cubits long and four cubits broad, by the cubit of a man?
For only Og the king of Bashan remained of the rest of the giants. Behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, nine cubits long and four cubits broad, by the cubit of a man?
1 Samuel 17:4
And a champion came out from the armies of the Philistines, Goliath was his name, from Gath; his height was six cubits and a span.
And a champion came out from the armies of the Philistines, Goliath was his name, from Gath; his height was six cubits and a span.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Until the above things are done; which denotes of what consequence and importance they are; and that persons in such circumstances should not be careless, dilatory, and unconcerned; but should use great diligence, and leave no stone unturned, or method untried, to extricate themselves; see Psalms 132:4.
