Proverbs 6:4

Proverbs 6:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
• New International Version (NIV)Allow no sleep to your eyes, no slumber to your eyelids.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids.

Context of Proverbs 6:4

2if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth, 3then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor. Allow no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. 5Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. 6Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

Proverbs 6:4 word by word

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְעֵינֶ֑יךָ וּ֝תְנוּמָ֗ה לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Allowנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• noאַל'al · notH408
• sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142
• to your eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• or slumberתְּנוּמָהtenûmâh · slumberH8572
• to your eyelidsעַפְעַף‛aph‛aph · eyelidH6079

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:4

• Proverbs 6:10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
• Psalms 132:4I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
• Matthew 24:17Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house.
• Mark 13:35Therefore keep watch, because you do not know when the master of the house will return—whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the morning.

Commentaries on Proverbs 6:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5free yourself: The risk of disaster is so high that escaping is a matter of life and death, like animals trapped.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-54-5. The danger requires promptness.Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 6:4

• Surety (Guarantee)
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

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

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