Proverbs 3:24

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.

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.

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

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.

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

²¹ My son, let them not depart from thine eyes, guard thou counsel, and purpose: ²² So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck; ²³ Then, shalt thou walk securely in thy way, and, thy foot, shall not stumble; ²⁴ When thou sittest down, thou shalt have no dread, yea thou shalt lie down, and sweet shall be thy sleep. ²⁵ Be not thou afraid of sudden dread, nor of the desolation of the lawless, when it cometh. ²⁶ For, Yahweh, will be in all thy ways, and will keep thy foot from the snare.

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 unto the serpent, - Of the fruit of the trees of the garden, we may eat;

Genesis 3:8
Then heard they the sound of Yahweh God, walking to and fro in the garden at the breeze of the day, - so he hid himself - the man with his wife, from the face of Yahweh God, amid the trees of the garden.

Genesis 3:9
And Yahweh God called unto the man, - and said to him, Where art thou?

Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman, he said, I will, increase, thy pain of pregnancy, In pain, shalt thou year children, - Yet, unto thy husband, shall be thy hinging, Though, he, rule over thee.

Genesis 3:17
And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life;

Genesis 3:18
Thorn also and thistle, shall it shoot forth to thee, - when thou hast come to eat of the herb of the field:

Genesis 3:22
Then said Yahweh God - Lo! man, hath become like one of us, in respect of knowing good and evil, - Now, therefore, lest he thrust forth his hand, and take even of the tree of life, and eat, and live to times age-abiding, -

Exodus 25:2
Speak unto the sons of Israel, that they take for me a heave-offering, - of every man whose heart urgeth him, shall ye take my heave-offering.

Numbers 22:23
And the ass saw the messenger of Yahweh stationed in the road with his drawn sword in his hand, so the ass turned aside out of the road and went into the field, - and Balaam smote the ass, to make her turn back into the road.

Joshua 5:13
And it came to pass, while Joshua was at Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes, and looked, and lo! a man standing over against him, with his sword drawn, in his hand, - so Joshua went unto him, and said to him, For us, art thou, 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.