Bible verse

Proverbs 6:9

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

Proverbs 6:9 · BSB

Proverbs 6:9 in context

The verses around it, from Proverbs 6.

5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

6 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

7 Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler,

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

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

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

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

12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

13 winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.

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Proverbs 6:9 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

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

ERV

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

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