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Proverbs 6:9-12
New International Version
Proverbs 6:9-12
New International Version
9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?(A)
When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest(B)—
11 and poverty(C) will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
12 A troublemaker and a villain,
who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
Proverbs 6:9-12
King James Version
Proverbs 6:9-12
King James Version
9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
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Proverbs 6:9-12
New King James Version
Proverbs 6:9-12
New King James Version
9 (A)How long will you [a]slumber, O sluggard?
When will you rise from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to sleep—
11 (B)So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler,
And your need like an armed man.
The Wicked Man
12 A worthless person, a wicked man,
Walks with a perverse mouth;
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:9 Lit. lie down
Proverbs 6:9-12
English Standard Version
Proverbs 6:9-12
English Standard Version
Proverbs 6:9-12
New American Standard Bible
Proverbs 6:9-12
New American Standard Bible
9 How long will you lie down, you [a]lazy one?
When will you arise from your sleep?
10 “(A)A little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to [b]rest,”
11 (B)Then your poverty will come in like a [c]drifter,
And your need like [d]an armed man.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:9 Lit idle one
- Proverbs 6:10 Lit lie down
- Proverbs 6:11 Lit one who moves about
- Proverbs 6:11 Lit a man with a shield
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