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Proverbs 4:16

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
Proverbs 4:16
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Original language and places

Reference data from open datasets, shown as published by their sources. Word-by-word English is a literal guide, not a translation.

Original language (Hebrew)

כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יִֽ֭שְׁנוּ אִם־לֹ֣א יָרֵ֑עוּ וְֽנִגְזְלָ֥ה שְׁ֝נָתָ֗ם אִם־לֹ֥א יַכְשִֽׁילוּ׃

  1. כִּ֤יki“for”
    Particle · from כִּי · “for” · Strong's H3588A
  2. לֹ֣אlo'“not”
    Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  3. יִֽ֭שְׁנוּYish.nu“they will sleep”
    Verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from יָשֵׁן · “to sleep” · Strong's H3462
  4. אִם־'im-“if”
    Particle · from אִם · “until” · Strong's H0518J
  5. לֹ֣אlo'“not”
    Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  6. יָרֵ֑עוּya.Re.'u“they do harm”
    Verb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from רָעַע · “be evil” · Strong's H7489A
  7. וְֽנִגְזְלָ֥הve.nig.ze.Lah“and it is taken away”
    Conjunction + Verb, niphal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular · from גָּזַל · “to plunder” · Strong's H1497
  8. שְׁ֝נָתָ֗םShe.na.Tam“sleep their”
    Noun, feminine, singular, construct + Suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from שֵׁנָה · “sleep” · Strong's H8142
  9. אִם־'im-“if”
    Particle · from אִם · “until” · Strong's H0518J
  10. לֹ֥אlo'“not”
    Particle, negative · from לֹא · “not” · Strong's H3808
  11. יַכְשִֽׁילוּ׃yikh.sho.lu“they bring injury”
    Verb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural · from כָּשַׁל · “to stumble” · Strong's H3782
    Qere: the scribes' reading in the margin
  • Hebrew and Aramaic words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)