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Proverbs 24:33

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

KJV

Parum, inquam, dormies, modicum dormitabis ; pauxillum manus conseres ut quiescas :

Vulgate

μὴ παραδῷς οἰκέτην εἰς χεῖρας δεσπότου, μή ποτε καταράσηταί σε καὶ ἀφανισθῇς.

LXX

Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

ASV

מְעַ֣ט שֵׁ֭נוֹת מְעַ֣ט תְּנוּמ֑וֹת מְעַ֓ט חִבֻּ֖ק יָדַ֣יִם לִ/שְׁכָּֽב

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
וֹ
v
noun · 23×
חִבֻּ֖ק
chbq
noun · 2×
יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
yshkb
verb · 211×
מְעַ֣ט
m't
noun · 101×
תְּנוּמ֑וֹת
tnvmvt
noun · 5×

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 5:6 — Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
  • 2Sam 4:5 — And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon.
  • Eph 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • Mark 13:36 — Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
  • Prov 6:4 — Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
  • Prov 6:9 — How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
  • Prov 6:10 — Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
  • Prov 19:15 — Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Rom 13:11 — And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.