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Proverbs 6:10

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest”—
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:—
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the hands to sleepe.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleepe.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands on the chest;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Thou sleepest a little, and thou restest a little, and thou slumberest a short [time], and thou foldest thine arms over thy breast a little.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
[Yet] a little 4592
{4592} Prime
מְעַט
m@`at
{meh-at'}
From H4591; a little or few (often adverbial or comparative).
sleep, 8142
{8142} Prime
שֵׁנָה
shehah
{shay-naw'}
(The second form used in Psalms 127:2); from H3462; sleep.
a little 4592
{4592} Prime
מְעַט
m@`at
{meh-at'}
From H4591; a little or few (often adverbial or comparative).
slumber, 8572
{8572} Prime
תְּנוּמָה
t@nuwmah
{ten-oo-maw'}
From H5123; drowsiness, that is, sleep.
a little 4592
{4592} Prime
מְעַט
m@`at
{meh-at'}
From H4591; a little or few (often adverbial or comparative).
folding 2264
{2264} Prime
חִבּוּק
chibbuq
{khib-book'}
From H2263; a clasping of the hands (in idleness).
of the hands 3027
{3027} Prime
יָד
yad
{yawd}
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.
to sleep: 7901
{7901} Prime
שָׁכַב
shakab
{shaw-kab'}
A primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose).
z8800
<8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 6:9-10.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 6:6-11.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Proverbs 6:10

[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, (c) a little folding of the hands to sleep:

(c) He expresses the nature of the sluggards, who though they sleep long, yet never have enough, but always seek opportunity for more.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Proverbs 6:6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
Proverbs 23:33-34 Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. ... Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.
Proverbs 24:33-34 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: ... So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
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