Proverbs 24:33

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 6:4-9 : 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids; 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand [of the hunter], And as a bird from the hand of the fowler. 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 [ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Rom 13:11 : 11 And this, knowing the season, that already it is time for you to awake out of sleep: for now is {G2257} salvation nearer to us than when we [first] believed.
Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore [he] saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.
1 Thess 5:6-8 : 6 so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, since we are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 6:9-11
3 verses
94%
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
10[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Prov 24:34
82%
34So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Prov 20:13
79%
13Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Prov 19:15
78%
15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Prov 6:4
77%
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
Prov 24:30-32
3 verses
77%
30I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:
Eccl 5:12
77%
12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Job 33:15
76%
15In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;
Ps 127:2
76%
2It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; [For] so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.
Prov 26:14-15
2 verses
75%
14[ As] the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
15The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
Mark 13:36
75%
36lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Eccl 10:18
75%
18By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
Prov 19:24
73%
24The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Prov 12:24
73%
24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.
Prov 10:4-5
2 verses
73%
4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; [But] he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Job 4:13
73%
13In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,
Prov 4:16
73%
16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Jer 31:26
73%
26Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Prov 21:25
73%
25The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.
Matt 25:5
73%
5Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Ps 132:4
72%
4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Or slumber to mine eyelids;
Prov 3:24
72%
24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Isa 28:20
71%
20For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Eccl 4:5-6
2 verses
71%
5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
Prov 23:21
71%
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
Eccl 8:16
71%
16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),
Prov 13:4
71%
4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Prov 24:10
70%
10If thou faint in the day of adversity, Thy strength is small.
1 Thess 5:6-7
2 verses
70%
6so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
7For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.
Ps 76:5
70%
5The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands.
Job 3:13
70%
13For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,
Prov 20:4
70%
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Job 14:12
70%
12So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
Prov 18:9
70%
9He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
Luke 22:46
70%
46and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.
Matt 26:45
70%
45Then cometh he to the disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Matt 24:43
69%
43But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through.
Prov 22:13
69%
13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
Job 24:23
69%
23[ God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.
Prov 12:27
69%
27The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of men [is to] the diligent.
Mark 14:41
69%
41And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough; the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.