Proverbs 6:9–11
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
*How long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceCha.13.4. and 20.4. and 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 hands to sleepe.
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
So shall thy pouertie come as one that trauaileth, and thy want as an armed man.
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From verse 9
- Proverbs 24:33–34Rank 1 from verse 9
33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
33* Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the handes to sleepe:
34†So shall thy pouertie come, as one that traueileth, and thy want, as an armed man.
- Psalms 94:8Rank 2 from verse 9
- Ephesians 5:14Rank 3 from verse 9
- Jeremiah 4:14Rank 4 from verse 9
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2–7Rank 5 from verse 9
2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
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.
2For your selues knowe perfectly that the day of the Lord so commeth as a thiefe in the night.
3For when they shal say, Peace and safety: then sudden destructiō commeth vpon them, as trauaile vpon a woman with childe, and they shall not escape.
4But ye, brethren, are not in darkenesse, that that day should ouertake you as a thiefe.
5Yee are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkenesse.
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.
- Proverbs 1:22Rank 6 from verse 9
- Romans 13:11Rank 7 from verse 9
From verse 10
- Proverbs 24:33–34Rank 1 from verse 10
33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
33* Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the handes to sleepe:
34†So shall thy pouertie come, as one that traueileth, and thy want, as an armed man.
- Proverbs 6:6Rank 2 from verse 10
- Proverbs 23:33–34Rank 3 from verse 10
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.
34Yea, 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.
33Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall vtter peruerse things.
34†Yea thou shalt be as he that lyeth downe in the midst of the sea, or as he that lyeth vpon the top of a mast.
From verse 11
- Proverbs 13:4Rank 1 from verse 11
- Proverbs 10:4Rank 2 from verse 11
- Proverbs 20:4Rank 3 from verse 11
- Proverbs 24:34Rank 4 from verse 11
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Proverbs 6:9
Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.
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Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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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A habitually lazy or idle person who avoids work or timely duty.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. To rise, stand, get up, or move upward from a lower, lying, seated, fallen, or inactive position. 2. To begin, emerge, appear, come into being, or come forward. 3. To take action, intervene, or undertake the stated work. 4. To rise from death; to return to life.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Proverbs 6:10
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.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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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Proverbs 6:11
An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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The condition of being poor, destitute, or lacking necessary provision.
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COMBINED MEANING
travelleth
Journeys or goes from place to place.
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Absence, lack, need, poverty, or insufficiency of what is required; to lack, be without, need, or come short of it.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
8Prouideth her meat in the Summer, and gathereth her food in the haruest.
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
9*How long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?
Selected passage10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
10 Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleepe.
Selected passage11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
11So shall thy pouertie come as one that trauaileth, and thy want as an armed man.
Selected passage12¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
12¶ A naughtie person, a wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.