Proverbs 6 · Verse 10

Proverbs 6:10

Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs 6:10, King James Version

Proverbs 6:10 in other translations

BSBA little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
WEBA little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep—
ASVYet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:
YLTA little sleep, a little slumber, A little clasping of the hands to rest,
DARBYA little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!
BBEA little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
WebsterYet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

What does Proverbs 6:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 6:9-10

9-10. Their conduct graphically described;

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber - This, if not the language, is the feeling of the sluggard. The ant gathers its food in summer and in harvest, and sleeps in winter when it has no work to do. If the sluggard would work in the day, and sleep at night, it would be all proper. The ant yields him a lesson of reproach.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 6:6-11

Diligence in business is every man's wisdom and duty; not so much that he may attain worldly wealth, as that he may not be a burden to others, or a scandal to the church. The ants are more diligent than slothful men. We may learn wisdom from the meanest insects, and be shamed by them. Habits of indolence and indulgence grow upon people. Thus life runs to waste; and poverty, though at first at a distance, gradually…

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Proverbs 6:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מְעַ֣טme.'Ata little ofH4592
שֵׁ֭נוֹתShe.notsleep<s>H8142
מְעַ֣טme.'Ata little ofH4592
תְּנוּמ֑וֹתte.nu.Motslumber<s>H8572
מְעַ֓ט\׀me.'Ata little ofH4592
חִבֻּ֖קchi.Bukfolding ofH2264
יָדַ֣יִםya.Da.yimhandsH3027
לִשְׁכָּֽב\׃lish.Kavto restH7901

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 6:10

  • Proverbs 24:33-34

    Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

  • Proverbs 6:6

    Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

  • Proverbs 23:33-34

    Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6; 23:33,34; 24:33,34

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 6:9

    How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

  • Proverbs 6:10

    Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

  • Proverbs 6:11

    So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

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Proverbs 6:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Un poco de sueño, un poco de dormitar, y cruzar por un poco las manos para reposo:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Un peu de sommeil, un peu d’assoupissement, un peu croiser les mains pour dormir…,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ein wenig Schlaf, ein wenig Schlummer, ein wenig Händefalten, um auszuruhen:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Paululum dormies, paululum dormitabis, paululum conseres manus ut dormias;