Proverbs 6:9 “How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your…”

Proverbs 6:9

How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Howe long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggarde? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe?

Darby Translation

How long, sluggard, wilt thou lie down? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

Young's Literal Translation

Till when, O slothful one, dost thou lie? When dost thou arise from thy sleep?

Bible in Basic English

How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?

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Cross references

“How”

Jeremiah 4:14 Proverbs 1:22 Proverbs 24:33 Proverbs 24:34

Jeremiah 4:14 · BSB

Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?

Proverbs 1:22 · BSB

“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 24:33 · BSB

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

Proverbs 24:34 · BSB

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

“when”

Psalm 94:8 Ephesians 5:14 Romans 13:11 1 Thessalonians 5:2–7 John 1:6

Psalm 94:8 · BSB

Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

Ephesians 5:14 · BSB

So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

Romans 13:11 · BSB

And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

1 Thessalonians 5:2–7 · BSB

For you are fully aware that the Day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

John 1:6 · BSB

There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.

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

In context

8it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.

10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,

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