Proverbs 6:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.”
Proverbs 6:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 6:4 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 6:4 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 6:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.”
Proverbs 6:4 — World English Bible
Proverbs 6:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids; ”
Proverbs 6:4 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 6:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,”
Proverbs 6:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 6:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids: ”
Proverbs 6:4 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 6:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Giue no sleepe to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.”
Proverbs 6:4 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 6:4 in Context — Proverbs 6
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
What Does Proverbs 6:4 Mean?
Proverbs 6:4 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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