King James Version
Proverbs 6:4 in the King James Version says “Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.”
Proverbs 6:4 · KJV
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. and make: or, so shalt thou prevail with thy friend
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“to thine eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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