the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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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;
Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle:
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:
[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
that Y coniure thee bi the Lord God of heuene and of erthe, that thou take not a wijf to my sone of the douytris of Chanaan, among whiche Y dwelle;
The seruaunt aunswerde, If the womman nyle come with me in to this lond, whether Y owe lede ayen thi sone to the place, fro which thou yedist out?
thou schalt not be holdun bi the ooth; netheles lede not ayen my sone thidur.
and seide to him, Entre thou, the blessid of the Lord; whi stondist thou with outforth? I haue maad redi the hows, and a place to thi camels.
And the man seide, Y am the seruaunt of Abraham,
Y yede not awei fro the comaundementis of hise lippis; and Y hidde in my bosum the wordis of his mouth.
Thou hast seyn a man smert in his werk; he schal stonde bifore kyngis, and he schal not be bifor vnnoble men.
Worche thou bisili, what euer thing thin hond mai do; for nether werk, nether resoun, nethir kunnyng, nether wisdom schulen be at hellis, whidir thou haastist.
schal be maad in hym a welle `of watir, spryngynge vp in to euerlastynge lijf.
And thei that han feithful lordis, dispise hem not, for thei ben britheren; but more serue thei, for thei ben feithful and louyd, whiche ben parceneris of benefice. Teche thou these thingis, and moneste thou these thingis.
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.