Proverbs 6:10

Brenton's Septuagint

Thou sleepest a little, and thou restest a little, and thou slumberest a short time, and thou foldest thine arms over thy breast a little.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A little sleep, a little slumber,a little folding of the arms to rest,

Hebrew Names Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

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

English Standard Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

New Century Version
You sleep a little; you take a nap. You fold your hands and lie down to rest.

New English Translation
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,

Amplified Bible
"Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to lie down and rest"—

New American Standard Bible
"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest,"

World English Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the hands to sleepe.

Legacy Standard Bible
"A little sleep, a little slumber,A little folding of the hands to rest"—

Berean Standard Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Contemporary English Version
Sleep a little. Doze a little. Fold your hands and twiddle your thumbs.

Complete Jewish Bible
"I'll just lie here a bit, rest a little longer, just fold my hands for a little more sleep" —

Darby Translation
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

Easy-to-Read Version
You say, "I need a rest. I think I'll take a short nap."

George Lamsa Translation
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands on the chest;

Good News Translation

Lexham English Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands for rest—

Literal Translation
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee slepe on still a litle, slober a litle, folde thine handes together yet a litle, that thou mayest slepe:

American Standard Version
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

Bible in Basic English
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep'--

King James Version (1611)
Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleepe.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea, sleepe on still a litle, slumber a litle, folde thyne handes together yet a litle that thou mayest sleepe:

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A litil thou schalt slepe, a litil thou schalt nappe; a litil thou schalt ioyne togidere thin hondis, that thou slepe.

Update Bible Version
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

Webster's Bible Translation
[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

New King James Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep--

New Living Translation
A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

New Life Bible
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands to rest,

New Revised Standard
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou wilt sleep a little, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to sleep:

Revised Standard Version
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Young's Literal Translation
A little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest"—

Contextual Overview

⁶ Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he. ⁷ For whereas he has no husbandry, nor any one to compel him, and is under no master, ⁸ he prepares food for himself in the summer, and lays by abundant store in harvest. Or go to the bee, and learn how diligent she is, and how earnestly she is engaged in her work; whose labours kings and private men use for health, and she is desired and respected by all: though weak in body, she is advanced by honouring wisdom. ⁹ How long wilt thou lie, O sluggard? and when wilt thou awake out of sleep? ¹⁰ Thou sleepest a little, and thou restest a little, and thou slumberest a short time, and thou foldest thine arms over thy breast a little. ¹¹ Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveller, and want as a swift courier: but if thou be diligent, thine harvest shall arrive as a fountain, and poverty shall flee away as a bad courier.

Bible Verse Review
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Gill's Notes on the Bible

[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber,.... Or, "little sleeps, little slumbers" s. These are the words of the sluggard, in answer to the call of him to awake and arise, desiring he might not be disturbed, but be suffered to sleep on longer: there is a very beautiful climax or gradation in the words, aptly expressing the disposition and actions of a sluggard; he first desires a "few sleeps" more, some sound sleeps one after another; which is quite agreeable to his character: and if he cannot be allowed them, then he requests a "few slumbers" at least, some dozings, till he can get himself thoroughly awake; and if these cannot be granted, yet he prays however that this might be admitted,

a little folding of the hands to sleep; or, "to lie down" t; a few tossings and tumblings upon the bed more, with his hands folded about his breast; a sleeping gesture, and the posture of sluggards. The Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "a little thou wilt embrace the breast with the hands"; and the Syriac version, "and a little thou wilt put thine hand upon thy breast". The Jewish commentators understand this as a direction and command to sleep and slumber but little, since a little sleep is sufficient for nature; or otherwise poverty will come, c. but the former sense is best.

s מעט שנות מעט תנומות "parvis somnis, parvis dormitationibus", Pagninus "pauculis somnis, pauculis dormitationibus", Junius Tremellius, Piscator. t לשכב "cubando", Junius Tremellius "cubare", Piscator "ad cubandum", Cocceius.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 6:10. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber — This, if not the language, is the feeling of the sluggard. The ant gathers its food in summer and in harvest, and sleeps in winter when it has no work to do. If the sluggard would work in the day, and sleep at night, it would be all proper. The ant yields him a lesson of reproach.