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Proverbs 6:9
How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?
Proverbs 6:9 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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Proverbs 6:9 in other translations
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
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In context
6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;
7 Which, having no harvest, scribe, or ruler,
8 Prepareth, in the summer, her food, hath collected, in the harvest, her sustenance.
9 How long, O sluggard, wilt thou lie? how long ere thou rise from thy sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:—
11 So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.
12 An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, [is he] who—goeth on in perversity of mouth;
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