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Proverbs 6:4

Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

KJV

Ne dederis somnum oculis tuis, nec dormitent palpebræ tuæ.

Vulgate

μὴ δῷς ὕπνον σοῖς ὄμμασιν, μηδὲ ἐπινυστάξῃς σοῖς βλεφάροις,

LXX

Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;

ASV

אַל תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְ/עֵינֶ֑י/ךָ וּ֝/תְנוּמָ֗ה לְ/עַפְעַפֶּֽי/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
וֹ
v
noun · 23×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
עַפְעַפֵּי
'p'py
noun · 10×
תְּנוּמ֑וֹת
tnvmvt
noun · 5×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 25:18 — Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cake
  • Eccl 9:10 — Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
  • Gen 19:15 — And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
  • Isa 56:10 — His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber.
  • Luke 22:46 — And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
  • Mark 13:35 — Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
  • Matt 24:17 — Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
  • Prov 6:10 — Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
  • Prov 24:33 — Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
  • Ps 55:7 — Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
  • Ps 132:4 — I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
  • Ps 132:4 — I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,