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16 For they cannot rest unless they have done evil;
    if they do not trip anyone they lose sleep.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.

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16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
    they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one stumble.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.

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16 Wicked people cannot sleep unless they have done something wrong. They lie awake unless they have hurt someone. 17 Wickedness and violence are like food and drink to them.

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16 For they (A)cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And [a]they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
17 For they (B)eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:16 Lit their sleep is robbed

16 For they cannot rest until they do evil;(A)
    they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
    and drink the wine of violence.(B)

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