Bible in Basic English
"A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:"
— Proverbs 6:10, Bible in Basic English
“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:”
Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
She gets her meat in the summer, storing up food at the time of the grain-cutting.
How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?
A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:
Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man
A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;
Making signs with his eyes, rubbing with his feet, and giving news with his fingers;