Proverbs 6:4–5
Proverbs 6:4–5 — The New International Version (NIV)
4 Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:4–5 — English Standard Version (ESV)
4 Give your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;
5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:4–5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes,
Nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter,
And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:4–5 — New Living Translation (NLT)
4 Don’t put it off; do it now!
Don’t rest until you do.
5 Save yourself like a gazelle escaping from a hunter,
like a bird fleeing from a net.
Proverbs 6:4–5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
4 Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.
5 Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:4–5 — New Century Version (NCV)
4 Don’t go to sleep
or even rest your eyes,
5 but free yourself like a deer running from a hunter,
like a bird flying away from a trapper.
Proverbs 6:4–5 — American Standard Version (ASV)
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes,
Nor slumber to thine eyelids;
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter,
And as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:4–5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids: 5 deliver thyself as a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:4–5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
4 Don’t let your eyes rest
or your eyelids close.
5 Free yourself like a gazelle from the hand of a hunter
and like a bird from the hand of a hunter.
Proverbs 6:4–5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
4 Don’t give sleep to your eyes
or slumber to your eyelids.
5 Escape like a gazelle from a hunter,
like a bird from a fowler’s trap.
Proverbs 6:4–5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
4 Give your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;
5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hunter,
like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Proverbs 6:4–5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
4 Do not give sleep to your eyes,
or slumber to your eyelids.
5 Save yourself like a gazelle from a hand,
or like a bird from the hand of a fowler.
Proverbs 6:4–5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
4 Don’t let your eyes go to sleep.
Don’t let your eyelids close.
5 As a deer frees itself from a hunter, free yourself.
As a bird frees itself from a trapper, free yourself.