Parallel Verses
Amplified
How long will you lie down, O lazy one?
When will you arise from your sleep [and learn self-discipline]?
New American Standard Bible
When will you arise from your sleep?
King James Version
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Holman Bible
When will you get up from your sleep?
International Standard Version
How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep?
A Conservative Version
How long will thou sleep, O sluggard? When will thou arise out of thy sleep?
American Standard Version
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Bible in Basic English
How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?
Darby Translation
How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Julia Smith Translation
How long, O slothful one, wilt thou lie down? when wilt thou rise from thy sleep?
King James 2000
How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep?
Lexham Expanded Bible
How long will you lie down, lazy? When will you rise up from your sleep?
Modern King James verseion
How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
How long wilt thou sleep, thou sluggish man? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
NET Bible
How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?
New Heart English Bible
How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
The Emphasized Bible
How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?
Webster
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
World English Bible
How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
Youngs Literal Translation
Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?
Themes
Early rising » Neglect of, leads to poverty
Idleness and sloth » Remonstrance against
Indolent sleep » The love of sleep, a mark of indolence
Rising » Late » consequences of
Topics
Interlinear
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 6:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Against Sloth
8
She prepares her food in the summer
And brings in her provisions [of food for the winter] in the harvest.
How long will you lie down, O lazy one?
When will you arise from your sleep [and learn self-discipline]?
“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to lie down and rest”—
Cross References
Proverbs 24:33-34
“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest [and daydream],”
Psalm 94:8
Consider thoughtfully, you senseless (stupid ones) among the people;
And you [dull-minded] fools, when will you become wise and understand?
Proverbs 1:22
“How long, O naive ones [you who are easily misled], will you love being simple-minded and undiscerning?
How long will scoffers [who ridicule and deride] delight in scoffing,
How long will fools [who obstinately mock truth] hate knowledge?
Jeremiah 4:14
O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness,
That you may be saved.
How long will your wicked and immoral thoughts
Lodge within you?
John 1:6
There came a man commissioned and sent from God, whose name was
Romans 13:11
Do this, knowing that this is a critical time. It is already the hour for you to awaken from your sleep [of spiritual complacency]; for our salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed [in Christ].
Ephesians 5:14
For this reason He says,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ will shine [as dawn] upon you and give you light.”
1 Thessalonians 5:2-7
For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord is coming just as a thief [comes unexpectedly and suddenly] in the night.