Consider, ye brutish among the people;\par\tab And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Proverbs 6:9 - American Standard Version 2015 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?\par\tab When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? [Prov. 24:33, 34.] American Standard Version (1901) How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Common English Bible How long, lazy person, will you lie down? When will you rise from your sleep? Catholic Public Domain Version How long will you slumber, you lazy one? When will you rise up from your sleep? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou rise out of thy sleep? |
Consider, ye brutish among the people;\par\tab And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity?\par\tab And scoffers delight them in scoffing,\par\tab And fools hate knowledge?
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;\par\tab And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty;\par\tab Open thine eyes, {\i and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
{\i As} the door turneth upon its hinges,\par\tab So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
{\i Yet} a little sleep, a little slumber,\par\tab A little folding of the hands to sleep:
Go to the ant, thou sluggard;\par\tab Consider her ways, and be wise:
Provideth her bread in the summer,\par\tab And gathereth her food in the harvest.
O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when we {\i first} believed.
Wherefore {\i he} saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.\par