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Proverbs 3:24

If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Peace;   Wisdom;   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Call, Divine;   Church;   Courage-Fear;   Fearlessness;   God's;   Knowledge;   Knowledge-Ignorance;   Saints;   Security;   Security-Insecurity;   Sleep;   Sleep-Wakefulness;   Wisdom;   Wisdom-Folly;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Protection;  

Dictionaries:

- Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Providence;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Bibliomancy;   Courage;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for June 20;   Faith's Checkbook - Devotion for March 25;  

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.
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.
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 not these things depart from thy eyes: keep the law and counsel: 22 And there shall be life to thy soul, and grace to thy mouth. 23 Then shalt thou walk confidently in thy way, and thy foot shall not stumble: 24 If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, nor of the power of the wicked falling upon thee. 26 For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou be not taken.

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 answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat:
Genesis 3:8
And when they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in paradise at the afternoon air, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise.
Genesis 3:9
And the Lord God called Adam, and said to him: Where art thou?
Genesis 3:16
To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband’s power, and he shall have dominion over thee.
Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life.
Genesis 3:18
Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth.
Genesis 3:22
And he said: Behold Adam is become as one of us, knowing good and evil: now therefore lest perhaps he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.
Exodus 25:2
Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring firstfruits to me: of every man that offereth of his own accord, you shall take them.
Numbers 22:23
The ass seeing the angel standing in the way, with a drawn sword, turned herself out of the way, and went into the field. And when Balaam beat her, and had a mind to bring her again to the way,
Joshua 5:13
And when Josue was in the field of the city of Jericho, he lifted up his eyes, and saw a man standing over against him, holding a drawn sword, and he went to him, and said: Art thou one of ours, or of 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.


 
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