Proverbs 6:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Prov 6:6 : 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
Prov 23:33-34 : 33 Thine eyes shall behold strange things, And thy heart shall utter perverse things. 34 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.
Prov 24:33-34 : 33 [ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep; 34 So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Prov 24:33-34
2 verses
94%
33[ Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
34So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Prov 6:6-9
4 verses
88%
6Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:
7Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,
8Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.
9How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Prov 6:4
80%
4Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
Prov 19:15
78%
15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
Prov 20:13
77%
13Love not sleep, let thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Prov 6:11
77%
11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.
Ps 127:2
76%
2It is vain for you to rise up early, To take rest late, To eat the bread of toil; [For] so he giveth unto his beloved sleep.
Eccl 5:12
76%
12The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Prov 26:13-15
3 verses
76%
13The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.
14[ As] the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.
15The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.
Eccl 10:18
75%
18By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
Prov 19:24
73%
24The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, And will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.
Prov 10:4-5
2 verses
73%
4He becometh poor that worketh with a slack hand; But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; [But] he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Prov 21:25
73%
25The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.
Job 33:15
73%
15In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;
1 Thess 5:6-7
2 verses
73%
6so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
7For they that sleep sleep in the night: and they that are drunken are drunken in the night.
Prov 4:16
73%
16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Mark 13:36
72%
36lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Eccl 4:5-6
2 verses
72%
5The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
6Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and striving after wind.
Ps 132:4
71%
4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Or slumber to mine eyelids;
Jer 31:26
71%
26Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.
Prov 12:24
71%
24The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; But the slothful shall be put under taskwork.
Prov 18:9
71%
9He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.
Prov 13:4
71%
4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Prov 20:4
71%
4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
Job 4:13
71%
13In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,
Ps 76:5
71%
5The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands.
Matt 25:5
70%
5Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Prov 10:26
70%
26As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.
Isa 28:20
70%
20For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.
Job 14:12
70%
12So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.
Prov 3:24
70%
24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Prov 24:30
70%
30I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Luke 22:46
70%
46and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, that ye enter not into temptation.
Eccl 8:16
69%
16When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes),
Prov 22:13
69%
13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets.
Heb 4:11
69%
11Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.
Prov 12:27
69%
27The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting; But the precious substance of men [is to] the diligent.
Prov 23:21
69%
21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; And drowsiness will clothe [a man] with rags.
Job 3:13
69%
13For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,
Prov 15:19
69%
19The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns; But the path of the upright is made a highway.
Prov 6:22
69%
22When thou walkest, it shall lead thee; When thou sleepest, it shall watch over thee; And when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.