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Proverbs 24:33 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 24 · verse 33
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:Proverbs 24:33 · King James Version
Proverbs 24:33 in context
31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- slumbertᵉnûwmâhdrowsinessH8572 →
- foldingchibbuqa clasping of the handsH2264 →
- littlemᵉʻaṭa little or fewH4592 →
- sleepshênâhsleepH8142 →
- handsyâda handH3027 →
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Here is, 1. The view which Solomon took of the field and vineyard of the slothful man. He did not go on purpose to see it, but, as he passed by, observing the fruitfulness of the ground, as it is very proper for travellers to do, and his subjects' management of their land, as it is very proper for magistrates to do,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 30-34