Proverbs 3:24
New International Version
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

New Living Translation
You can go to bed without fear; you will lie down and sleep soundly.

English Standard Version
If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Berean Standard Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

King James Bible
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

New King James Version
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet.

New American Standard Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

NASB 1995
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

NASB 1977
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Legacy Standard Bible
When you lie down, you will not be in dread; You will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.

Amplified Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

Christian Standard Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; you will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; you will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.

American Standard Version
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And you will sleep and be unafraid, and you will lie down, and sleep will be sweet to you.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For if thou rest, thou shalt be undismayed; and if thou sleep, thou shalt slumber sweetly.

Contemporary English Version
you will rest without a worry and sleep soundly.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

English Revised Version
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. As you lie there, your sleep will be sweet.

Good News Translation
You will not be afraid when you go to bed, and you will sleep soundly through the night.

International Standard Version
When you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be pleasant.

JPS Tanakh 1917
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

Literal Standard Version
If you lie down, you are not afraid, | Indeed, you have lain down, | And your sleep has been sweet.

Majority Standard Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

New American Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid, when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

NET Bible
When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.

New Revised Standard Version
If you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.

New Heart English Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

Webster's Bible Translation
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: but thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

World English Bible
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

Young's Literal Translation
If thou liest down, thou art not afraid, Yea, thou hast lain down, And sweet hath been thy sleep.

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Context
The Blessings of Wisdom
23Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble. 24When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet. 25Do not fear sudden danger or the ruin that overtakes the wicked,…

Cross References
Job 11:19
You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.

Psalm 3:5
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.

Psalm 112:8
His heart is assured; he does not fear, until he looks in triumph on his foes.

Psalm 127:2
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat--for He gives sleep to His beloved.

Proverbs 1:33
But whoever listens to me will dwell in safety, secure from the fear of evil."

Proverbs 6:22
When you walk, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you.

Ecclesiastes 5:12
The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.


Treasury of Scripture

When you lie down, you shall not be afraid: yes, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.

liest

Proverbs 6:22
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee.

Leviticus 26:6
And 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 3:5
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

and

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.

Jeremiah 31:26
Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

Acts 12:6
And 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.

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Verse 24. - When thou liest down thou shalt not be afraid. This is beautifully illustrated by what David says in Psalm 4:8, "I will both lay me down in peace and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety." No fear is to be apprehended where Jehovah is Protector (see Psalm 3:5, 6; Psalm 46:1-3; Psalm 91:1-5; Psalm 121:5-8). When, (im) is rendered "if" by the Vulgate, LXX., Targum Jonathan. Thou liest down; tish'kav, "thou shalt lie down," kal future, like shakavta, kal perfect, in the corresponding hemistich, is from shakav, "to lie down," specially to lay one's self down to sleep, as in Genesis 19:4; Psalm 3:6. Vulgate, si dormieris; cf. Proverbs 6:22, "when thou sleepest" בְּשָׁכְבְּך, b'shok'b'ka). The LXX. rendering, "if thou sittest" (κάθη), arises from reading תֵּשֵׁב (teshev) for תִּשְׁכַב (tish'kav) Yea, thou shalt lie down; b'shok'b'ta, as before, with] prefixed, equivalent to the future, as in the Authorized Version; LXX., καθεύδῃς. Shall be sweet; arvah, from arav, "to be sweet," or "pleasant," perhaps "well mixed," as arev, equivalent to "to mix." Thy sleep shall be full of pleasing impressions, not restless, as in Deuteronomy 28:66 and Job 7:4, but sweet, because of the sense of safety, and from confidence in God, as well as from a good conscience (cf. Job 11:18, "Thou shalt take thy rest in safety," from which the idea is probably taken).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

you lie down,
תִּשְׁכַּ֥ב (tiš·kaḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

you will not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be afraid;
תִפְחָ֑ד (ṯip̄·ḥāḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6342: To dread, be in dread or in awe

when you rest,
וְ֝שָׁכַבְתָּ֗ (wə·šā·ḵaḇ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

your sleep
שְׁנָתֶֽךָ׃ (šə·nā·ṯe·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8142: Sleep

will be sweet.
וְֽעָרְבָ֥ה (wə·‘ā·rə·ḇāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6149: To be sweet or pleasing


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