King James Version
Proverbs 6:9 in the King James Version says “How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?”
Proverbs 6:9 · KJV
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)
“How long wilt thou sleep”
H7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative)
“when wilt thou arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
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