Proverbs 6:9
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.
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- 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.
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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
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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.
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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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A habitually lazy or idle person who avoids work or timely duty.
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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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6:6¶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
6:6¶ Goe to the Ant, thou sluggard, consider her wayes, and be wise.
6:7Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
6:7Which hauing no guide, ouerseer, or ruler,
6:8Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
6:8Prouideth her meat in the Summer, and gathereth her food in the haruest.
6:9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
6:9*How long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?
Selected passage6:10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
6:10 Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleepe.
6:11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
6:11So shall thy pouertie come as one that trauaileth, and thy want as an armed man.