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Proverbs 6:4

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids;
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Give not sleep to thy eyes, nor slumber to thy eyelids.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids:
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Do not give sleep to thine eyes, or slumber to thine eyelashes;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Give not sleep to thy eyes, neither let thy eyelids slumber.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Giue no sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— You shall not give sleep to your eyes nor slumber to your eyelids.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber with thine eyelids;
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Give 5414
{5414} Prime
נָתַן
nathan
{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application (put, make, etc.).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
not x408
(0408) Complement
אַל
'al
{al}
A negative particle (akin to H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing.
sleep 8142
{8142} Prime
שֵׁנָה
shehah
{shay-naw'}
(The second form used in Psalms 127:2); from H3462; sleep.
to thine eyes, 5869
{5869} Prime
עַיִן
`ayin
{ah'-yin}
Probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy a fountain (as the eye of the landscape).
nor slumber 8572
{8572} Prime
תְּנוּמָה
t@nuwmah
{ten-oo-maw'}
From H5123; drowsiness, that is, sleep.
to thine eyelids. 6079
{6079} Prime
עַפְעַף
`aph`aph
{af-af'}
From H5774; an eyelash (as fluttering); figuratively morning ray.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Proverbs 6:4-5

_ _ The danger requires promptness.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Proverbs 6:1-5.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Proverbs 6:4

Give not sleep — Until thou hast taken care for the discharge of this obligation.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

Proverbs 6:10-11 [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.
Psalms 132:4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, [or] slumber to mine eyelids,
Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; for [there is] no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Matthew 24:17-18 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: ... Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
Mark 13:35-36 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: ... Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Ps 132:4. Pv 6:10. Ec 9:10. Mt 24:17. Mk 13:35.

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