When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
WEB
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
YLT
If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.
DBT
when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, but thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.