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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Proverbs 6:4
Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes;
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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.
Literal Translation
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;
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 thou have become surety for thy neighbour, - have struck for a stranger thy hands, 2 Thou hast been snared by the sayings of thy mouth, - thou hast been caught by the sayings of thy mouth. 3 Do this then, my son, and deliver thyself, When thou hast come into the hand of thy neighbour, Go, haste thee, and urge thy neighbour; 4 Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes; 5 Deliver thyself, as a gazelle out of the hand, and as a bird, out of the hand of the fowler.
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, this, is how thou shalt make it, - three hundred cubits, the length of the ark, fifty cubits, the breadth thereof, and thirty cubits the height thereof.
And, this, is how thou shalt make it, - three hundred cubits, the length of the ark, fifty cubits, the breadth thereof, and thirty cubits the height thereof.
Genesis 6:20
Of the bird after its kind and of the beast after its kind, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each, shall come in unto thee. for keeping alive.
Of the bird after its kind and of the beast after its kind, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of each, shall come in unto thee. for keeping alive.
Genesis 6:21
But thou, take to thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it unto thee, - and it shall be for thee and for them for food.
But thou, take to thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it unto thee, - and it shall be for thee and for them for food.
Genesis 6:22
And Noah did so , - according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
And Noah did so , - according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Genesis 11:4
And they said Come on! let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its head in the heavens, so let us make for ourselves a name, - lest we be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.
And they said Come on! let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its head in the heavens, so let us make for ourselves a name, - lest we be scattered abroad over the face of all the earth.
Numbers 13:33
And, there, saw we the giants, sons of Anak descended of the giants, - And we were in our own eyes, as grass-hoppers, And, so, were we in their eyes.
And, there, saw we the giants, sons of Anak descended of the giants, - And we were in our own eyes, as grass-hoppers, And, so, were we in their eyes.
Numbers 16:2
and rose up before Moses, with certain men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty, - princes of assembly, called to the stated meeting, men of renown;
and rose up before Moses, with certain men of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty, - princes of assembly, called to the stated meeting, men of renown;
Deuteronomy 3:11
For, only Og, king of Bashan was left remaining of the remnant of the giants, lo! his bedstead, was a bedstead of iron, is not, the same, in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? nine cubits, the length thereof and four cubits, the breadth thereof, by the fore-arm of a man.
For, only Og, king of Bashan was left remaining of the remnant of the giants, lo! his bedstead, was a bedstead of iron, is not, the same, in Rabbath of the sons of Ammon? nine cubits, the length thereof and four cubits, the breadth thereof, by the fore-arm of a man.
1 Samuel 17:4
And there came forth a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, Goliath, his name, from Gath, - his height, six cubits and a span;
And there came forth a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, Goliath, his name, from Gath, - his height, 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.
