Proverbs 6:10
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
KJV
Paululum dormies, paululum dormitabis, paululum conseres manus ut dormias ;
Vulgate
ὀλίγον μὲν ὑπνοῖς, ὀλίγον δὲ κάθησαι, μικρὸν δὲ νυστάζεις, ὀλίγον δὲ ἐναγκαλίζῃ χερσὶν στήθη·
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×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 4:5 — The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
- Prov 6:4 — Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
- Prov 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
- Prov 20:4 — The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
- Prov 24:33 — Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: