Proverbs 6:10

Proverbs 6:10 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 sleep—

Context of Proverbs 6:10

8but they get their food during the summer. At the time of harvest they store food to prepare for winter. 9But you, you lazy man, you lie in bed too long! Will you never get up to work? You say, ‘I will have a short sleep. I will rest quietly for a while.’ 11But while you sleep you will suddenly become poor. You will have nothing, as if someone has robbed you. 12A useless, wicked person is always deceiving people.

Proverbs 6:10 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 6:10

• Proverbs 6:6Learn a lesson from the ants, you lazy person! See how hard they work.
• Proverbs 23:33Your eyes will see strange things. Your mind will be confused so that you say crazy things.
• Proverbs 24:33You may say, ‘I will have a short sleep. I will rest quietly for a while.’

Commentaries on Proverbs 6:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Yet a little sleep, a little slumber - This, if not the language, is the feeling of the sluggard. The ant gathers its food in summer and in harvest, and sleeps in winter when it has no work to do. If the sluggard would work in the day, and sleep at night, it would be all proper. The ant yields him a lesson of reproach.Read the comment
• 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. 10-11Laziness leads to poverty. It will arrive quickly and harshly, like when a robber or bandit attacks and steals. See parallel passage Proverbs 24:33–34.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. Their conduct graphically described;Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 6:10

• Idleness
• Rising
• Sleep
• Slothfulness
• Young Men

In the dictionaries

• Hunt
• Lust
• Naughtiness
• Suddenly
• Teach
• Fold; Folding
• 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