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Proverbs 6:9

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

KJV

Usquequo, piger, dormies ? quando consurges e somno tuo ?

Vulgate

ἕως τίνος, ὀκνηρέ, κατάκεισαι; πότε δὲ ἐξ ὕπνου ἐγερθήσῃ;

LXX

How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

ASV

עַד מָתַ֖י עָצֵ֥ל תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב מָ֝תַ֗י תָּק֥וּם מִ/שְּׁנָתֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 23×
יִּשְׁכַּ֤ב
yshkb
verb · 211×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
מָתַ֖י
mty
particle · 43×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עָצֵ֣ל
'tsl
adjective · 14×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 5:2 — For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
  • Eph 5:14 — Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • Jer 4:14 — O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
  • Mark 13:36 — Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
  • Matt 17:17 — Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
  • Prov 1:22 — How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:22 — How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 6:6 — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
  • Prov 19:15 — Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
  • Prov 19:24 — A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
  • Prov 20:13 — Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
  • Prov 23:21 — For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
  • Prov 24:33 — Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
  • Ps 62:3 — How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
  • Ps 94:8 — Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
  • 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.