Proverbs 24:33 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep–

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little lying down with folded arms”—

Catholic Public Domain Version

You will sleep a little," I said. "You will slumber briefly. You will fold your hands a little, so as to rest.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest:

Proverbs 24:33 Cross References

Proverbs 18:9

He who is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

Proverbs 19:15

Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.

Proverbs 20:13

Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.

Proverbs 24:32

Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.

Proverbs 24:34

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.

Proverbs 26:14

As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed.

Ecclesiastes 4:5

The fool folds his hands, and eats his own flesh.

Romans 13:11

Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed;

Ephesians 5:14

Therefore it is said, “Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.”