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Proverbs 6:9

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

Proverbs 6:9 · Berean Standard Bible

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Proverbs 6:9 in other translations

KJV King James Version

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

WEB World English Bible

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

NHEB New Heart English Bible

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?

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In context

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,

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