(NIV)
So the
Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
(ESV)
So the
Lord God caused a
deep sleep to
fall upon the
man, and while he
slept took one of his
ribs and
closed up its
place with
flesh.
(NIV)
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.
(ESV)
As the
sun was
going down, a
deep sleep fell on
Abram. And
behold,
dreadful and
great darkness fell upon him.
(NIV)
When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, ‘Surely the
Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.’
(ESV)
Then
Jacob awoke from his
sleep and
said, “
Surely the
Lord is in this
place, and I did
not know it.”
(NIV)
This was my situation: The heat consumed me in the daytime and the cold at night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
(ESV)
There I was: by
day the
heat consumed me, and the
cold by
night, and my
sleep fled from my
eyes.
(NIV)
He fell asleep again and had a second dream: seven ears of corn, healthy and good, were growing on a single stalk.
(ESV)
And he
fell asleep and
dreamed a
second time. And
behold,
seven ears of grain,
plump and
good, were
growing on
one stalk.
(NIV)
it is a chronic skin disease and the priest shall pronounce them unclean. He is not to isolate them, because they are already unclean.
(ESV)
it is a
chronic leprous disease in the
skin of his
body, and the
priest shall pronounce him
unclean. He shall not
shut him up, for he is
unclean.
(NIV)
You will still be eating last year’s harvest when you will have to move it out to make room for the new.
(ESV)
You shall
eat old store long kept, and you shall
clear out the
old to make
way for the
new.
(NIV)
After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time – if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the
Lord your God and arousing his anger,
(ESV)
“
When you
father children and
children’s children, and have grown
old in the
land if you
act corruptly by
making a carved
image in the
form of
anything, and by
doing what is
evil in the
sight of the
Lord your
God, so as to provoke him to
anger,
(NIV)
But Jael, Heber’s wife, picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went quietly to him while he lay fast asleep, exhausted. She drove the peg through his temple into the ground, and he died.
(ESV)
But
Jael the
wife of
Heber took a
tent peg, and
took a
hammer in her
hand. Then she
went softly to him and
drove the
peg into his
temple until it
went down into the
ground while he was lying
fast asleep from
weariness. So he
died.
(NIV)
and tightened it with the pin.
Again she called to him, ‘Samson, the Philistines are upon you!’ He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.
(ESV)
So while he
slept, Delilah took the
seven locks of his
head and wove them into the
web. And she made them
tight with the
pin and
said to him, “The
Philistines are upon you,
Samson!” But he
awoke from his
sleep and
pulled away the
pin, the
loom, and the
web.
(NIV)
After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him. And his strength left him.
(ESV)
She made him
sleep on her
knees. And she
called a
man and had him
shave off the
seven locks of his
head. Then she
began to
torment him, and his
strength left him.
(NIV)
Then she called, ‘Samson, the Philistines are upon you!’
He awoke from his sleep and thought, ‘I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.’ But he did not know that the
Lord had left him.
(ESV)
And she
said, “The
Philistines are upon you,
Samson!” And he
awoke from his
sleep and
said, “I will
go out as at other
times and
shake myself free.” But he did not
know that the
Lord had
left him.
(NIV)
So David and Abishai went to the army by night, and there was Saul, lying asleep inside the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying round him.
(ESV)
So
David and
Abishai went to the
army by
night. And
there lay Saul sleeping within the
encampment, with his
spear stuck in the
ground at his
head, and
Abner and the
army lay around him.
(NIV)
So David took the spear and water jug near Saul’s head, and they left. No one saw or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up. They were all sleeping, because the
Lord had put them into a deep sleep.
(ESV)
So
David took the
spear and the
jar of
water from
Saul’s head, and they
went away.
No man
saw it
or knew it,
nor did any
awake,
for they were
all asleep,
because a
deep sleep from the
Lord had
fallen upon them.
(NIV)
So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I your servant was asleep. She put him by her breast and put her dead son by my breast.
(ESV)
And she
arose at
midnight and
took my
son from beside me, while your
servant slept, and
laid him at her
breast, and
laid her
dead son at my
breast.
(NIV)
At noon Elijah began to taunt them. ‘Shout louder!’ he said. ‘Surely he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or busy, or travelling. Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened.’
(ESV)
And at
noon Elijah mocked them,
saying, “
Cry aloud,
for he is a
god.
Either he is
musing, or he is
relieving himself,
or he is on a
journey, or
perhaps he is
asleep and must be
awakened.”
(NIV)
Then he lay down under the bush and fell asleep.
All at once an angel touched him and said, ‘Get up and eat.’
(ESV)
And he
lay down and
slept under a broom tree. And
behold, an
angel touched him and
said to him, “
Arise and
eat.”
(NIV)
That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him.
(ESV)
On that
night the
king could not sleep. And he
gave orders to
bring the
book of
memorable deeds, the
chronicles, and they were
read before the
king.
(NIV)
For now I would be lying down in peace;
I would be asleep and at rest
(ESV)
For then I would have lain
down and been
quiet;
I would have
slept; then I would have been at
rest,
(NIV)
Amid disquieting dreams in the night,
when deep sleep falls on people,
(ESV)
Amid thoughts from
visions of the
night,
when
deep sleep falls on
men,
(NIV)
so he lies down and does not rise;
till the heavens are no more, people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.
(ESV)
so a
man lies down and
rises not again;
till the
heavens are no
more he will
not awake or be
roused out of his
sleep.
(NIV)
In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on people
as they slumber in their beds,
(ESV)
In a
dream, in a
vision of the
night,
when
deep sleep
falls on
men,
while they
slumber on their
beds,
(NIV)
I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, because the
Lord sustains me.
(ESV)
I
lay down and
slept;
I
woke again, for the
Lord sustained me.
(NIV)
In peace I will lie down and sleep,
for you alone,
Lord,
make me dwell in safety.
(ESV)
In
peace I will
both lie down and
sleep;
for you
alone, O
Lord, make me
dwell in
safety.
(NIV)
Look on me and answer,
Lord my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
(ESV)
Consider and
answer me, O
Lord my
God;
light up my
eyes,
lest I
sleep the sleep of
death,
(NIV)
Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep?
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us for ever.
(ESV)
Awake!
Why are you
sleeping, O
Lord?
Rouse yourself! Do
not reject us
forever!
(NIV)
The valiant lie plundered,
they sleep their last sleep;
not one of the warriors
can lift his hands.
(ESV)
The
stouthearted were stripped of their
spoil;
they
sank into
sleep;
all the
men of
war were
unable to
use their
hands.
(NIV)
At your rebuke, God of Jacob,
both horse and chariot lie still.
(ESV)
At your
rebuke, O
God of
Jacob,
both rider and
horse lay stunned.
(NIV)
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep,
as a warrior wakes from the stupor of wine.
(ESV)
Then the
Lord awoke as from
sleep,
like a
strong man shouting because
of wine.
(NIV)
Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death –
they are like the new grass of the morning:
(ESV)
You sweep them away as with a
flood; they are like a
dream,
like
grass that is
renewed in the
morning:
(NIV)
indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
(ESV)
Behold, he who
keeps Israel will
neither slumber nor sleep.
(NIV)
In vain you rise early
and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat –
for he grants sleep to those he loves.
(ESV)
It is in
vain that you
rise up early and
go late to rest,
eating the
bread of
anxious toil;
for he
gives to his
beloved sleep.
(NIV)
I will allow no sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
(ESV)
I will not
give sleep to my
eyes or
slumber to my
eyelids,
(NIV)
When you lie down, you will not be afraid;
when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
(ESV)
If you
lie down, you will
not be
afraid;
when you
lie down your
sleep will be
sweet.
(NIV)
For they cannot rest until they do evil;
they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
(ESV)
For they
cannot sleep unless they have
done wrong;
they are
robbed of
sleep unless they have made someone
stumble.
(NIV)
Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.
(ESV)
Give your
eyes no sleep and your
eyelids no
slumber;
(NIV)
How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
(ESV)
How
long will you
lie there, O
sluggard?
When will you
arise from your
sleep?
(NIV)
A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest –
(ESV)
A
little sleep, a
little slumber,
a
little folding of the
hands to
rest,
(NIV)
He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son,
but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
(ESV)
He who
gathers in
summer is a
prudent son,
but he who
sleeps in
harvest is a
son who brings
shame.
(NIV)
Laziness brings on deep sleep,
and the shiftless go hungry.
(ESV)
Slothfulness casts into a
deep sleep,
and an
idle person will
suffer hunger.
(NIV)
Do not love sleep or you will grow poor;
stay awake and you will have food to spare.
(ESV)
Love not sleep,
lest you come to
poverty;
open your
eyes, and you will have
plenty of
bread.
(NIV)
a little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest –
(ESV)
A
little sleep, a
little slumber,
a
little folding of the
hands to
rest,
(NIV)
The sleep of a labourer is sweet,
whether they eat little or much,
but as for the rich, their abundance
permits them no sleep.
(ESV)
Sweet is the
sleep of a
laborer,
whether he
eats little or much, but the
full stomach of the
rich will not
let him
sleep.
(NIV)
When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to observe the labour that is done on earth – people getting no sleep day or night –
(ESV)
When I
applied my
heart to
know wisdom, and to
see the
business that is
done on earth, how neither
day nor
night do
one’s eyes see sleep,
(NIV)
I slept but my heart was awake.
Listen! My beloved is knocking:
‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,
my dove, my flawless one.
My head is drenched with dew,
my hair with the dampness of the night.’
(ESV)
I slept, but my
heart was
awake.
A
sound! My
beloved is
knocking.
“
Open to me, my
sister, my
love,
my
dove, my
perfect one,
for my
head is
wet with
dew,
my
locks with the
drops of the
night.”
(NIV)
Not one of them grows tired or stumbles,
not one slumbers or sleeps;
not a belt is loosened at the waist,
not a sandal strap is broken.
(ESV)
None is
weary,
none stumbles,
none slumbers or sleeps,
not a
waistband is
loose,
not a
sandal strap broken;
(NIV)
The
Lord has brought over you a deep sleep:
he has sealed your eyes (the prophets);
he has covered your heads (the seers).
(ESV)
For the
Lord has
poured out upon you
a
spirit of
deep sleep,
and has
closed your
eyes (the
prophets),
and
covered your
heads (the
seers).
(NIV)
At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me.
(ESV)
At this I
awoke and
looked, and my
sleep was
pleasant to me.
(NIV)
But while they are aroused,
I will set out a feast for them
and make them drunk,
so that they shout with laughter –
then sleep for ever and not awake,’
declares the
Lord.
(ESV)
While they are
inflamed I will
prepare them a
feast and make them
drunk,
that they may
become merry,
then
sleep a
perpetual sleep and
not wake,
declares the
Lord.
(NIV)
I will make her officials and wise men drunk,
her governors, officers and warriors as well;
they will sleep for ever and not awake,’
declares the King, whose name is the
Lord Almighty.
(ESV)
I will make
drunk her
officials and her
wise men,
her
governors, her
commanders, and her
warriors;
they shall
sleep a
perpetual sleep and
not wake,
declares the
King, whose
name is the
Lord of
hosts.
(NIV)
‘“I will make a covenant of peace with them and rid the land of savage beasts so that they may live in the wilderness and sleep in the forests in safety.
(ESV)
“I will
make with them a
covenant of
peace and
banish wild beasts from the
land so that they may
dwell securely in the
wilderness and
sleep in the
woods.
(NIV)
In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep.
(ESV)
In the
second year of the
reign of
Nebuchadnezzar,
Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his
spirit was
troubled, and his
sleep left him.
(NIV)
Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep.
(ESV)
Then the
king went to his
palace and spent the
night fasting;
no diversions were
brought to him, and
sleep fled from him.
(NIV)
While he was speaking to me, I was in a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me and raised me to my feet.
(ESV)
And when he had
spoken to me, I fell into a
deep sleep with my
face to the
ground. But he
touched me and
made me
stand up.
(NIV)
Then I heard him speaking, and as I listened to him, I fell into a deep sleep, my face to the ground.
(ESV)
Then I
heard the
sound of his
words, and as I
heard the
sound of his
words,
I fell
on my
face in
deep sleep with my
face to the
ground.
(NIV)
Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
(ESV)
And
many of those who
sleep in the
dust of the
earth shall
awake,
some to
everlasting life,
and some to
shame and
everlasting contempt.
(NIV)
Their hearts are like an oven;
they approach him with intrigue.
Their passion smoulders all night;
in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
(ESV)
For with
hearts like an
oven they
approach their
intrigue;
all night their
anger smolders;
in the
morning it
blazes like a
flaming fire.
(NIV)
All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship.
But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
(ESV)
Then the
mariners were
afraid, and
each cried out to his
god. And they
hurled the
cargo that was
in the ship into the
sea to
lighten it for them. But
Jonah had gone
down into the
inner part of the
ship and had lain
down and was
fast asleep.
(NIV)
The captain went to him and said, ‘How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.’
(ESV)
So the
captain came and
said to him, “
What do you mean, you
sleeper?
Arise,
call out to your
god!
Perhaps the
god will give a
thought to us, that we may not
perish.”
(NIV)
Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep.
(ESV)
And the
angel who
talked with me came
again and
woke me, like a
man who is
awakened out of his
sleep.
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