KJV King James Version
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
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Proverbs 3:24
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
WEB World English Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
ASV American Standard Version
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 3
21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
26 For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do [it].
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Psalm 3:5I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.Psalm 4:8I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.Proverbs 6:22When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and [when] thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.Job 11:19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make [thee] afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.Psalm 121:4-7Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.Jeremiah 31:26Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.Leviticus 26:6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make [you] afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.Psalm 127:2[It is] vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.Ezekiel 34:15I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.Acts 12:6And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.1 Thessalonians 4:13-14But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.
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