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

2you have been snared by the words of your mouth — trapped by the words from your mouth. 3Do this, then, my son, and free yourself, for you have put yourself in your neighbor’s power: Go, humble yourself, and plead with your neighbor. Don’t give sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. 5Escape like a gazelle from a hunter, like a bird from a hunter’s trap. 6Go to the ant, you slacker! Observe its ways and become wise.

Proverbs 6:4 word by word

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְעֵינֶ֑יךָ וּ֝תְנוּמָ֗ה לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• not sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142
• to thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• nor slumberתְּנוּמָהtenûmâh · slumberH8572
• to thine eyelidsעַפְעַף‛aph‛aph · eyelidH6079

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:4

• Proverbs 6:10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to rest,
• Psalms 132:4I will not allow my eyes to sleep or my eyelids to slumber
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
• Matthew 24:17A man on the housetop must not come down to get things out of his house,
• Mark 13:35Therefore be alert, since you don’t know when the master of the house is coming — whether in the evening or at midnight or at the crowing of the rooster or early 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