箴言 6:4
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
Context
This verse from 箴言 Chapter 6 connects to 8 cross-references. 良い妻、懸命な働き、正直な言葉についての知恵。徳ある女は夫の冠であり、恥をもたらす女は夫の骨の腐食。
他の翻訳
Give not sleep to thine eyes, Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
Give not sleep to thine eyes, And slumber to thine eyelids,
Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;
相互参照
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, …
Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or …
Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.
I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
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.