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 are trapped by your own words, ensnared by the words of your mouth, 3then do this, my son, and free yourself, since you fell into your neighbor’s hand: Go, humble yourself, plead with your neighbor! Allow no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. 5Escape like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand, like a bird from the snare of the fowler. 6Go to the ant, you slacker— consider its ways and be wise!

Proverbs 6:4 word by word

אַל־תִּתֵּ֣ן שֵׁנָ֣ה לְעֵינֶ֑יךָ וּ֝תְנוּמָ֗ה לְעַפְעַפֶּֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• not sleepשֵׁנָהshênâh shênâ' · sleepH8142
• to thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• nor slumberתְּנוּמָהtenûmâh · slumberH8572
• to thine eyelidsעַפְעַף‛aph‛aph · eyelidH6079

Cross-references for Proverbs 6:4

• Proverbs 6:10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep—
• Psalms 132:4nor will I will give sleep to my eyes, nor slumber to my eyelids,
• Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever your hand finds to do, do with all your strength, for there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, where you are going.
• Matthew 24:17The one on the roof must not go down to take what is in his house,
• Mark 13:35Therefore stay alert, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or in the early 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