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, 8provideth her bread in the summer, [and] gathereth her food in the harvest. How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest! 11So shall thy poverty come as a roving plunderer, and thy penury as an armed man.

Proverbs 6:9 word by word

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

• sluggardעָצֵל‛âtsêl · sluggishH6102
• lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• Whenמָתַיmâthay · howH4970
• ariseקָמָיqûm · (Leb)-kamaiH6965
• sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:9

• Proverbs 1:22How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?
• Proverbs 24:33— A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
• Jeremiah 4:14Wash thy heart, Jerusalem, from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
• Psalms 94:8Understand, ye brutish among the people; and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
• John 1:6There was a man sent from God, his name John.
• Romans 13:11This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that we should be aroused out of sleep; for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.
• Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he says, Wake up, [thou] that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:2for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of [the] Lord so comes as a thief by 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