the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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1 Thessalonians 5:7
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For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night.
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
Those who are lazy won't be ready. Those who are drunk won't be able to catch their horse. It'll be too late for them.
For those who are sleeping do so in the night; and those who are the worse for drink are so in the night;
for they that sleep sleep by night, and they that drink drink by night;
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.
For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunken are drunken in the night.
For they that sleep, sleep in the night, and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who drink freely, drink at night.
For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that bee drunken, are drunken in the night.
For those sleeping sleep by night, and those having been drunk are drunk by night.
For they that slepe, slepe in the nighte: and they that be dronken, are dronken in the nighte.
they that are sober take their rest in the night, whilst they that are sots, are drunk in the night:
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.
For those who sleep sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.
For they that slepe slepe in the nyght: and they that be dronken are dronken in the nyght.
For those that sleep, sleep in the night: and those that are drunk, are drunk in the night.
For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunken, are drunken in the night.
for those sleeping, by night do sleep, and those making themselves drunk, by night are drunken,
Those who sleep, sleep at night. Those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night.
For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.
People sleep during the night, and some even get drunk.
People who sleep, sleep at night; and people who get drunk, get drunk at night.
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night.
For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.
For those who sleep, sleep in the night: and those who are drunken are drunken in the night.
For those who sleep, sleep in the night, and those who are drunken are drunken in the night.
For people who go to sleep, go to sleep at night; and people who get drunk, get drunk at night.Luke 21:34,36; Acts 2:15; Romans 13:13; 1 Corinthians 15:34; Ephesians 5:14;">[xr]
For they who sleep, in the night sleep; and they who are drunken, in the night are drunken.
For they who sleep, sleep in the night; and they who are drunken, are drunken in the night.
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night.
Night is the time when people sleep and drinkers get drunk.
People sleep at night. Those who get drunk do it at night.
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.
For, they that sleep, by night, do sleep, and, they that drink, by night, do drink: -
For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that are drunk, are drunk in the night.
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night.
For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night: and they that be druncken, are druncken in the nyght.
People who sleep, sleep at night. People who drink too much, drink at night.
For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk, get drunk at night.
It is at night when people sleep; it is at night when they get drunk.
For thei that slepen, slepen in the niyt, and thei that ben drunkun, ben drunkun in the niyt.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
they that sleep: Job 4:13, Job 33:15, Luke 21:34, Luke 21:35, Romans 13:13, 1 Corinthians 15:34, Ephesians 5:14
and they: 1 Samuel 25:36, 1 Samuel 25:37, Proverbs 23:29-35, Isaiah 21:4, Isaiah 21:5, Daniel 5:4, Daniel 5:5, Acts 2:15, 2 Peter 2:13
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 11:2 - arose from Isaiah 5:11 - rise Mark 13:36 - he find 1 Corinthians 5:11 - or a drunkard Galatians 5:21 - drunkenness Ephesians 5:11 - works Ephesians 5:18 - be not 1 Peter 1:13 - be sober
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For they that sleep, sleep in the night,.... The night is the usual season for sleep, and sleep is only for such who are in darkness, and are children of the night; and not proper to be indulged by such who are children of the day, and of the light:
and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night; drunkenness is a work of darkness, and therefore men given to excessive drinking love darkness rather than light, and choose the night for their purpose. To be drunk at noon is so shameful and scandalous, that men who love the sin, and indulge themselves in it, take the night season for it; and equally shameful it is, that enlightened persons should be inebriated, either with the cares of this life, or with an over weening opinion of themselves.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For they that sleep, sleep in the night - Night is the time for sleep. The day is the time for action, and in the light of day people should be employed. Night and sleep are made for each other, and so are the day and active employment. The meaning here is, that it is in accordance with the character of those who are of the night, that is, sinners, to be sunk in stupidity and carnal security, as if they were asleep; but for the children of the day, that is, for Christians, it is no more appropriate to be inactive than it is for people to sleep in the daytime. “It is not to be wondered at that wicked people are negligent and are given to vice, for they are ignorant of the will of God. Negligence in doing right, and corrupt morals, usually accompany ignorance.” Rosenmuller.
And they that be drunken, are drunken in the night - The night is devoted by them to revelry and dissipation. It is in accordance with the usual custom in all lands and times, that the night is the usual season for riot and revelry. The leisure, the darkness, the security from observation, and the freedom from the usual toils and cares of life, have caused those hours usually to be selected for indulgence in intemperate eating and drinking. This was probably more particularly the case among the ancients than with us, and much as drunkenness abounded, it was much more rare to see a man intoxicated in the day-time than it is now. To be drunk then in the day-time was regarded as the greatest disgrace. See Polyb. Exc. Leg. 8, and Apul. viii., as quoted by Wetstein; compare Acts 2:15 note; Isaiah 5:11 note. The object of the apostle here is, to exhort Christians to be sober and temperate, and the meaning is, that it is as disgraceful for them to indulge in habits of revelry, as for a man to be drunk in the day-time. The propriety of this exhortation, addressed to Christians, is based on the fact that intoxication was hardly regarded as a crime, and, surrounded as they were with those who freely indulged in drinking to excess, they were then, as they are now, exposed to the danger of disgracing their religion. The actions of Christians ought always to be such that they may be performed in open day and in the view of all the world. Other people seek the cover of the night to perform their deeds; the Christian should do nothing which may not be done under the full blaze of day.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 7. For they that sleep — Sleepers and drunkards seek the night season; so the careless and the profligate persons indulge their evil propensities, and avoid all means of instruction; they prefer their ignorance to the word of God's grace, and to the light of life. There seems to be here an allusion to the opinion mentioned under 1 Thessalonians 5:4, to which the reader is requested to refer. It may be remarked, also, that it was accounted doubly scandalous, even among the heathen, to be drunk in the day time. They who were drunken were drunken in the night.
