Proverbs 20:13

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תֶּֽאֱהַ֣ב שֵׁ֭נָה פֶּן־תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ פְּקַ֖ח עֵינֶ֣יךָ שְֽׂבַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃

Transliteration

Not-teʾĕhab šēnâ lest-tiōrēš pəqaḥ ʿênêkā śəbaʿ-lāḥem

Grammar Details

• *teʾĕhab*: verb, Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - love
• *šēnâ*: noun, feminine singular - sleep
• *tiōrēš*: verb, Niphal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - become poor
• *pəqaḥ*: verb, Qal imperative masculine singular - open
• *ʿênêkā*: noun, feminine dual with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your eyes
• *śəbaʿ*: verb, Qal imperative masculine singular - be satisfied with
• *lāḥem*: noun, masculine singular - bread/food

Word Meanings

• *teʾĕhab*: love/be fond of/cherish
• *šēnâ*: sleep/slumber
• *tiōrēš*: become poor/impoverished/destitute
• *pəqaḥ*: open/uncover
• *ʿênêkā*: your eyes/sight
• *śəbaʿ*: be satisfied with/have enough of
• *lāḥem*: bread/food/sustenance

Referenced Verses

• Prov 19:15 : 15 Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.
• Prov 6:9-9 : 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 one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
• Prov 12:11 : 11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
• Rom 12:11 : 11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
• Rom 13:11 : 11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
• 1 Cor 15:34 : 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
• Eph 5:14 : 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
• 2 Thess 3:10 : 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
• Prov 13:4 : 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
• Prov 10:4 : 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
• Prov 24:30-34 : 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
• Jonah 1:6 : 6 So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.