Proverbs 24:33
Good News Translation
Go ahead and take your nap; go ahead and sleep. Fold your hands and rest awhile,

New Revised Standard Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Contemporary English Version
Sleep a little. Doze a little. Fold your hands and twiddle your thumbs.

New American Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest—

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.

Proverbs 6:4-11 Deliver thyself as a doe from the hand, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. . . .

Romans 13:11 And that, knowing the season, that it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep. For now our salvation is nearer than when we believed.

Ephesians 5:14 Wherefore he saith: Rise, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead: and Christ shall enlighten thee.

1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 Therefore, let us not sleep, as others do: but let us watch, and be sober. . . .

Context
Further Sayings of the Wise
32Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction. 33Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest.34And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.…
Cross References
Proverbs 6:10
And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.

Proverbs 19:15
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

Proverbs 20:13
Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.

Proverbs 24:32
Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.

Proverbs 24:34
And poverty shall come to thee as a runner, and beggary as an armed man.

Ecclesiastes 4:5
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh, saying:

Proverbs 24:32
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