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Warnings against Foolishness

Proverbs 6:9

In 11 translations

BSB
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
KJV
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
WEB
How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
ASV
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
LSV
Until when, O slothful one, do you lie? When do you arise from your sleep?
YLT
Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?
DBY
How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
DRC
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou rise out of thy sleep?
GNV
Howe long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggarde? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?
JPS
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
LXXE
How long wilt thou lie, O sluggard? and when wilt thou awake out of sleep?

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Original-language editions

WLC
עַד־מָתַ֖י עָצֵ֥ל ׀ תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב מָ֝תַ֗י תָּק֥וּם מִשְּׁנָתֶֽךָ׃
LXX-Br
Ἕως τίνος ὀκνηρὲ κατάκεισαι; πότε δὲ ἐξ ὕπνου ἐγερθήσῃ;

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Proverbs 24:33–34A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
  • Psalms 94:8Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
  • Jeremiah 4:14Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
  • Ephesians 5:14So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
  • Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
  • 1 Thessalonians 5:2–7For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and…
  • Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
  • John 1:6There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.

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