Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? New Living Translation But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up? English Standard Version How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? Berean Standard Bible How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? King James Bible How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? New King James Version How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep? New American Standard Bible How long will you lie down, you lazy one? When will you arise from your sleep? NASB 1995 How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? NASB 1977 How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? Legacy Standard Bible How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? Amplified Bible How long will you lie down, O lazy one? When will you arise from your sleep [and learn self-discipline]? Christian Standard Bible How long will you stay in bed, you slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? Holman Christian Standard Bible How long will you stay in bed, you slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? American Standard Version How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Aramaic Bible in Plain English How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? Brenton Septuagint Translation How long wilt thou lie, O sluggard? and when wilt thou awake out of sleep? Contemporary English Version How long will you lie there doing nothing at all? When are you going to get up and stop sleeping? Douay-Rheims Bible How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou rise out of thy sleep? English Revised Version How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? GOD'S WORD® Translation How long will you lie there, you lazy bum? When will you get up from your sleep? Good News Translation How long is the lazy man going to lie around? When is he ever going to get up? International Standard Version How long will you lie down, lazy man? When will you get up from your sleep? JPS Tanakh 1917 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Literal Standard Version Until when, O slothful one, do you lie? When do you arise from your sleep? Majority Standard Bible How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? New American Bible How long, O sluggard, will you lie there? when will you rise from your sleep? NET Bible How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep? New Revised Standard Version How long will you lie there, O lazybones? 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? Webster's Bible Translation 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? Young's Literal Translation Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warnings Against Foolishness…8it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest. 9How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? 10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,… Cross References Proverbs 6:6 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. Proverbs 6:8 it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6:10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, Proverbs 19:15 Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger. Proverbs 20:13 Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food. Proverbs 26:14 As a door turns on its hinges, so the slacker turns on his bed. Treasury of Scripture How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep? how Proverbs 1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Proverbs 24:33,34 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: … Jeremiah 4:14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? when Psalm 94:8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? John 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. Romans 13:11 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. Jump to Previous Arise Hater Lie Sleep Sleeping Slothful Sluggard Wilt WorkJump to Next Arise Hater Lie Sleep Sleeping Slothful Sluggard Wilt WorkProverbs 6 1. against indebtedness6. idleness 12. and mischievousness 16. seven things detestable to God 20. the blessings of obedience 25. the mischief of unfaithfulness Verse 9-Vers. 9-11 contain a call to the sluggard to rouse himself from his lethargy, and the warning of the evil consequences if he remains heedless of the reproof. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? It is the same as if it were said, "What infatuation is this which makes you lie and sleep as if you had nothing else to do?" The double question stigmatizes the sluggard's utter indolence, and suggests the picture of his prolonging his stay in bed long after every one else is abroad and about his business. How long (Hebrew, ad-matha; Vulgate, usquequo); literally, till when? When; Hebrew, matha; Vulgate, quando. The came words are used in the same order in introducing a question in Nehemiah 2:6, "For how long will the journey be? and when wilt thou return?" Wilt thou... sleep. The Hebrew tish'kar is literally "wilt thou lie," but the verb easily passes to the secondary meaning of "to sleep." The delineation of the sluggard is again drawn in Proverbs 24:30-34 in almost identical language, but with some additions. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Howמָתַ֖י (mā·ṯay) Interrogative Strong's 4970: Extent, when long עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while will you lie there, תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב (tiš·kāḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7901: To lie down O sluggard? עָצֵ֥ל ׀ (‘ā·ṣêl) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6102: Sluggish, lazy When מָ֝תַ֗י (mā·ṯay) Interrogative Strong's 4970: Extent, when will you get up תָּק֥וּם (tā·qūm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand from your sleep? מִשְּׁנָתֶֽךָ׃ (miš·šə·nā·ṯe·ḵā) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 8142: Sleep Links Proverbs 6:9 NIVProverbs 6:9 NLT Proverbs 6:9 ESV Proverbs 6:9 NASB Proverbs 6:9 KJV Proverbs 6:9 BibleApps.com Proverbs 6:9 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 6:9 Chinese Bible Proverbs 6:9 French Bible Proverbs 6:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 6:9 How long will you sleep sluggard? 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