NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon For they sleepyashen (yaw-shane') to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate -- old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep. not except they have done mischief ra`a` (raw-ah') to spoil (literally, by breaking to pieces); figuratively, to make (or be) good for nothing, i.e. bad (physically, socially or morally) and their sleep shehah (shay-naw') sleep -- sleep. is taken away gazal (gaw-zal') to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob -- catch, consume, exercise (robbery), pluck (off), rob, spoil, take away (by force, violence), tear. unless they cause some to fall kashal (kaw-shal') to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall kashal (kaw-shal') to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble. King James Bible For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. Holman Christian Standard Bible For they can't sleep unless they have done what is evil; they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble. International Standard Version For they cannot sleep unless they are doing evil, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they cause someone to stumble. NET Bible For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble. Aramaic Bible in Plain English They do not sleep until they do evil and their sleep flees away until they do their desires. GOD'S WORD® Translation Wicked people cannot sleep unless they do wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they make someone stumble. King James 2000 Bible For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall. Links Proverbs 4:16Proverbs 4:16 NIV Proverbs 4:16 NLT Proverbs 4:16 ESV Proverbs 4:16 NASB Proverbs 4:16 KJV |
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