Proverbs 3:24 “When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep w…”

Proverbs 3:24

When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

World English Bible

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

American Standard Version

When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Geneva Bible 1599

If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.

Darby Translation

when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, but thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Young's Literal Translation

If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

Bible in Basic English

When you take your rest you will have no fear, and on your bed sleep will be sweet to you.

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Cross references

“liest”

Psalm 3:5 Psalm 4:8 Proverbs 6:22 Psalm 121:4–7 Leviticus 26:6 Ezekiel 34:15

Psalm 3:5 · BSB

I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.

Psalm 4:8 · BSB

I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Proverbs 6:22 · BSB

When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

Psalm 121:4–7 · BSB

Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

Leviticus 26:6 · BSB

And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.

Ezekiel 34:15 · BSB

I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.

“and”

Jeremiah 31:26 Psalm 127:2 Acts 12:6 1 Thessalonians 4:13 1 Thessalonians 4:14

Jeremiah 31:26 · BSB

At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been most pleasant to me.

Psalm 127:2 · BSB

In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.

Acts 12:6 · BSB

On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

1 Thessalonians 4:13 · BSB

Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.

1 Thessalonians 4:14 · BSB

For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

Also

Job 11:19

Job 11:19 · BSB

You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble.

25Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,

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