Proverbs 6:9

Proverbs 6:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
• New International Version (NIV)How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
• English Standard Version (ESV)How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?
• New King James Version (NKJV)How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep?

Context of Proverbs 6:9

7Which, having no chief, Overseer or ruler, 8She prepares her food in the summer And brings in her provisions [of food for the winter] in the harvest. How long will you lie down, O lazy one? When will you arise from your sleep [and learn self-discipline]? 10“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to lie down and rest”— 11So your poverty will come like an approaching prowler who walks [slowly, but surely] And your need [will come] like an armed man [making you helpless].

Proverbs 6:9 word by word

עַד־מָתַ֖י עָצֵ֥ל׀ תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב מָ֝תַ֗י תָּק֥וּם מִשְּׁנָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• How long wilt thou sleepשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• O sluggardעָצֵל‛âtsêl · sluggishH6102
• when wilt thou ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• out of thy sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:9

• Proverbs 1:22“How long, O naive ones [you who are easily misled], will you love being simple-minded and undiscerning? How long will scoffers [who ridicule and deride] delight in scoffing, How long will fools [who obstinately mock truth] hate knowledge?
• Proverbs 24:33“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest [and daydream],”
• Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, That you may be saved. How long will your wicked and immoral thoughts Lodge within you?
• Psalms 94:8Consider thoughtfully, you senseless (stupid ones) among the people; And you [dull-minded] fools, when will you become wise and understand?
• John 1:6There came a man commissioned and sent from God, whose name was John.
• Romans 13:11Do this, knowing that this is a critical time. It is already the hour for you to awaken from your sleep [of spiritual complacency]; for our salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed [in Christ].
• Ephesians 5:14For this reason He says, “Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine [as dawn] upon you and give you light.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord is coming just as a thief [comes unexpectedly and suddenly] in the night.

Commentaries on Proverbs 6:9

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Diligence in business is every man's wisdom and duty; not so much that he may attain worldly wealth, as that he may not be a burden to others, or a scandal to the church. The ants are more diligent than slothful men. We may learn wisdom from the meanest insects, and be shamed by them. Habits of indolence and indulgence grow upon people. Thus life runs to waste; and poverty, though at first at a distance, gradually draws near, like a traveller…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-11Lazy people sleep instead of preparing for what they need (see also Proverbs 24:33–34). They are the opposite of self-motivated and hardworking ants. Extra sleep and more slumber sarcastically describe a lazy person’s ambition.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. Their conduct graphically described;Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 6:9

• Idleness
• Rising
• Sleep
• Slothfulness
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Hunt
• Lust
• Naughtiness
• Suddenly
• Teach
• Hezekiah (2)
• James, Epistle of
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Sluggard

Commentaries on Proverbs 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings