King James Version
Proverbs 6:10 in the King James Version says “Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:”
Proverbs 6:10 · KJV
Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“of the hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“to sleep”
H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
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