Proverbs 24:33
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
* Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the handes to sleepe:
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceChap.6.9. &c.
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- 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8Rank 1 from verse 33
6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
6Therefore let vs not sleepe, as doe others: but let vs watch and be sober.
7For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that bee drunken, are drunken in the night.
8But let vs who are of the day, bee sober, putting on the brestplate of faith and loue, and for an helmet, the hope of saluation.
- Proverbs 6:4–11Rank 2 from verse 33
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
4Giue not sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5Deliuer thy selfe as a Roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6¶ Goe to the Ant, thou sluggard, consider her wayes, and be wise.
7Which hauing no guide, ouerseer, or ruler,
8Prouideth her meat in the Summer, and gathereth her food in the haruest.
9*How long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?
10 Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleepe.
11So shall thy pouertie come as one that trauaileth, and thy want as an armed man.
- Romans 13:11Rank 3 from verse 33
- Ephesians 5:14Rank 4 from verse 33
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Proverbs 24:33
1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.
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Sense 1: Natural bodily rest with suspended waking activity; figuratively, inattention or inactivity; or death described as sleep. Sense 2: To rest in sleep; figuratively, to lie in death.
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To sleep lightly; to doze.
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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of fold, meaning to bend, wrap, or enclose by doubling.
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Sense 1: The end parts of the arms used for holding and working. Sense 2: Figures of power, possession, agency, or aid.
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32Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
32†Then I saw, and considered it well, I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction.
33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
33* Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the handes to sleepe:
Selected passage34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
34†So shall thy pouertie come, as one that traueileth, and thy want, as an armed man.