Proverbs 20:13
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
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ASV
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; Open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
KJV
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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9 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אַל־ | 'al- | may not | H408 → |
| תֶּֽאֱהַ֣ב | te.'e.Hav | you love | H157 → |
| שֵׁ֭נָה | She.nah | sleep | H8142 → |
| פֶּן־ | pen- | lest | H6435 → |
| תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ | ti.va.Resh | you should become impoverished | H3423 → |
| פְּקַ֖ח | pe.Kach | open | H6491 → |
| עֵינֶ֣יךָ | 'ei.Nei.kha | eyes your | H5869 → |
| שְֽׂבַֽע־ | se.va'- | be satisfied | H7646 → |
| לָֽחֶם׃ | La.chem | food | H3899 → |
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