Proverbs 24:33

Proverbs 24:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
• New International Version (NIV)A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
• English Standard Version (ESV)A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
• New King James Version (NKJV)A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest;

Context of Proverbs 24:33

31There were weeds and thorn bushes over all the ground. The wall of stones round the field had fallen down. 32I looked at this and I thought about it carefully. I learned a lesson from the things that I had seen: You may say, ‘I will have a short sleep. I will rest quietly for a while.’ 34But while you sleep you will suddenly become poor. You will have nothing, as if someone has robbed you.

Proverbs 24:33 word by word

מְעַ֣ט שֵׁ֭נוֹת מְעַ֣ט תְּנוּמ֑וֹת מְעַ֓ט׀ חִבֻּ֖ק יָדַ֣יִם לִשְׁכָּֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• a littleמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142
• slumberתְּנוּמָהtenûmâh · slumberH8572
• foldingחִבֻּקchibbûq · foldingH2264
• of the handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• to sleepשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: sleepH7901

Cross-references for Proverbs 24:33

• Proverbs 6:4Do not let yourself sleep or even stop to rest until you have met with him.
• Romans 13:11Live in that way, because you know what is happening in this time now. It is time that you should stop sleeping. It is now time to wake up. The time when God will save us completely is near. That time is nearer now than when we first believed in him.
• Ephesians 5:14Everything that becomes clear to see is in the light. That is why it says: ‘Wake up, you people who are asleep! Rise up from among the dead people! Then Christ will shine his light on you.’
• 1 Thessalonians 5:6So we must watch carefully. We should be like people who stay awake. We should not be like other people who are sleeping.

Commentaries on Proverbs 24:33

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33See the Proverbs 6:11 note.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-34Verses 30-34 See what a blessing the husbandman's calling is, and what a wilderness this earth would be without it. See what great difference there is in the management even of worldly affairs. Sloth and self-indulgence are the bane of all good. When we see fields overgrown with thorns and thistles, and the fences broken down, we see an emblem of the far more deplorable state of many souls. Every vile affection grows in men's hearts; yet they compose…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33-34This saying repeats Proverbs 6:10–11.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 32-3432-34. From the folly of the sluggard learn wisdom (Pr 6:10, 11).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 24:33

• Idleness
• Instruction
• Poverty
• Rising
• Slothfulness
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Faint
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• Face
• Proverbs, the Book of
• Proverbs, Book of

Commentaries on Proverbs 24

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings