Proverbs 24:33

Young's Literal Translation

A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
a little sleep, a little slumber,a little folding of the arms to rest,

Hebrew Names Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

King James Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

English Standard Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

New American Standard Bible
"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,"

New Century Version
You sleep a little; you take a nap. You fold your hands and lie down to rest.

Amplified Bible
"Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest [and daydream],"

World English Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe.

Legacy Standard Bible
"A little sleep, a little slumber,A little folding of the hands to rest,"

Berean Standard Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Contemporary English Version
Sleep a little. Doze a little. Fold your hands and twiddle your thumbs.

Complete Jewish Bible
"I'll just lie here a bit, rest a little longer, just fold my hands for a little more sleep" —

Darby Translation
—A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

Easy-to-Read Version
a little sleep, a little rest, folding your arms, and taking a nap—

George Lamsa Translation
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands upon your chest;

Good News Translation
Go ahead and take your nap; go ahead and sleep. Fold your hands and rest awhile,

Lexham English Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest,

Literal Translation
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle:

American Standard Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

Bible in Basic English
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep'--

King James Version (1611)
Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the handes to sleepe:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea sleepe on styll [I say] a litle, slumber a litle, folde thy handes together yet a litle:

English Revised Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
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;

Update Bible Version
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

Webster's Bible Translation
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

New English Translation
"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,

New King James Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest;

New Living Translation
A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

New Life Bible
"A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands to rest,"

New Revised Standard
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.

Revised Standard Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,"

Contextual Overview

³⁰ Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart. ³¹ And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down. ³² And I see -- I -- I do set my heart, I have seen -- I have received instruction, ³³ A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down. ³⁴ And thy poverty hath come [as] a traveller, And thy want as an armed man!

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

Genesis 24:3
and I cause thee to swear by Jehovah, God of the heavens, and God of the earth, that thou dost not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanite, in the midst of whom I am dwelling;

Genesis 24:5
And the servant saith unto him, `It may be the woman is not willing to come after me unto this land; do I at all cause thy son to turn back unto the land from whence thou camest out?'

Genesis 24:8
and if the woman be not willing to come after thee, then thou hast been acquitted from this mine oath: only my son thou dost not cause to turn back thither.'

Genesis 24:31
And he saith, `Come in, O blessed one of Jehovah, why standest thou without, and I -- I have prepared the house and place for the camels!'

Genesis 24:34
And he saith, `I [am] Abraham's servant;

Job 23:12
The command of His lips, and I depart not. Above my allotted portion I have laid up The sayings of His mouth.

Proverbs 22:29
Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!

Ecclesiastes 9:10
All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

John 4:14
but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst -- to the age; and the water that I will give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up to life age-during.'

1 Timothy 6:2
and those having believing masters, let them not slight [them], because they are brethren, but rather let them serve, because they are stedfast and beloved, who of the benefit are partaking. These things be teaching and exhorting;

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.