American Standard Version
Proverbs 6:9
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
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, 8Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: 11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Read all of Proverbs 6Proverbs 6:9 word by word
עַד־מָתַ֖י עָצֵ֥ל׀ תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב מָ֝תַ֗י תָּק֥וּם מִשְּׁנָתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 6:9
- Proverbs 1:22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
- Proverbs 24:33Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
- Jeremiah 4:14O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?
- Psalms 94:8Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
- John 1:6There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
- Romans 13:11And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is salvation nearer to us than when wefirstbelieved.
- Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief 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
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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
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