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?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up?

Context of Proverbs 6:9

7It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, 8yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? 10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— 11and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

Proverbs 6:9 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• How long wilt thou sleepשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• O sluggardעָצֵל‛âtsêl · sluggishH6102
• when wilt thou ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• out of thy sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:9

• Proverbs 1:22“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
• Proverbs 24:33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
• Jeremiah 4:14Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?
• Psalms 94:8Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise?
• John 1:6There was a man sent from God whose name was John.
• Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
• Ephesians 5:14This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
• 1 Thessalonians 5:2for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the 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