the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Proverbs 24:33
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a little sleep, a little slumber,a little folding of the arms to rest,
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,"
You sleep a little; you take a nap. You fold your hands and lie down to rest.
"Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest [and daydream],"
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe.
"A little sleep, a little slumber,A little folding of the hands to rest,"
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Sleep a little. Doze a little. Fold your hands and twiddle your thumbs.
"I'll just lie here a bit, rest a little longer, just fold my hands for a little more sleep" —
—A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
a little sleep, a little rest, folding your arms, and taking a nap—
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands upon your chest;
Go ahead and take your nap; go ahead and sleep. Fold your hands and rest awhile,
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest,
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down;
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep'--
Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the handes to sleepe:
Yea sleepe on styll [I say] a litle, slumber a litle, folde thy handes together yet a litle:
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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;
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest;
A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
"A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands to rest,"
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:
Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.
"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,"
Contextual Overview
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
I maye make the sweare by ye LORDE the God of heauen and earth, that thou take no wife vnto my sonne amonge ye doughters of ye Cananites, (amonge whom I dwell)
The seruaunt sayde: What and the woman wyl not folowe me in to this countre? shal I then cary thy sonne agayne in to yonder londe, where thou camest out of?
But yf the woman wyll not folowe the, thou art discharged of this ooth: onely brynge not my sonne thither agayne.
And he sayde: Come in thou blessed of the LORDE, wherfore stondest thou without? I haue dressed the house, and made rowme for ye Camels.
He sayde: I am Abrahams seruaunt,
I haue not forsaken the comaundemet of his lippes, but loke what he charged me with his mouth, that haue I shutt vp in my herte.
Seist thou not, yt they which be diligent in their busines stonde before kynges, and not amonge the symple people?
What so euer thou takest in hande to do, that do with all thy power: for amoge the deed (where as thou goest vnto) there is nether worke, councell, knowlege ner wy?dome.
But whosoeuer shal drynke of the water that I shal geue him, shal neuer be more a thyrst: but the water that I shal geue him, shalbe in him a well of water, which spryngeth vp in to euerlastinge life.
Se that they which haue beleuynge masters, despyse them not because they are brethre, but rather do seruyce, for so moch as they are beleuynge, and beloued, and partakers of the benefite.
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.