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 snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth, 3Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor. Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids; 5Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand And like a bird from the hand of the fowler. 6Go to the ant, O sluggard, Observe her ways and be wise,

Proverbs 6:4 word by word

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְעֵינֶ֑יךָ וּ֝תְנוּמָ֗ה לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

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

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:4

• Proverbs 6:10“A 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 your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going.
• Matthew 24:17Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house.
• Mark 13:35Therefore, be on the alert--for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or 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