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Proverbs 4:16

For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

KJV

Non enim dormiunt nisi malefecerint, et rapitur somnus ab eis nisi supplantaverint.

Vulgate

οὐ γὰρ μὴ ὑπνώσωσιν, ἐὰν μὴ κακοποιήσωσιν· ἀφῄρηται ὁ ὕπνος αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ κοιμῶνται·

LXX

For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

ASV

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יִֽ֭שְׁנוּ אִם לֹ֣א יָרֵ֑עוּ וְֽ/נִגְזְלָ֥ה שְׁ֝נָתָ֗/ם אִם לֹ֥א יכשולו יַכְשִֽׁילוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
וֹ
v
noun · 23×
יִישָׁ֑ן
yyshn
verb · 20×
יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ
ykshlv
verb · 64×
יִּגְזֹ֤ל
ygzl
verb · 29×
יֵּ֥רַע
yr'
verb · 102×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 2:14 — Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
  • 2Sam 17:1 — Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
  • Acts 23:15 — Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come ne
  • Acts 25:2 — Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
  • Exod 1:22 — And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
  • Exod 32:22 — And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief.
  • Gen 19:4 — But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
  • Isa 57:20 — But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
  • Isa 57:20 — But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
  • Isa 59:4 — None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
  • Jer 9:5 — And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
  • John 13:30 — He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.
  • Judg 9:32 — Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field:
  • Luke 11:24 — When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
  • Mic 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Mic 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Mic 7:3 — That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
  • Prov 1:16 — For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
  • Prov 1:16 — For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
  • Ps 36:4 — He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
  • Ps 36:4 — He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.