I will not give sleep to mine eyes, {or} slumber to mine eyelids,

{Yet} a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do {it} with thy might; for {there is} no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

His watchmen {are} blind: they are all ignorant, they {are} all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. {sleeping: or, dreaming, or, talking in their sleep}

{Yet} a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Lo, {then} would I wander far off, {and} remain in the wilderness. Selah.

I will not give sleep to mine eyes, {or} slumber to mine eyelids,

And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. {are here: Heb. are found} {iniquity: or, punishment}

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched {corn}, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid {them} on asses. {clusters: or, lumps}

And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which {was} of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that {are} with him.

Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. {the heath: or, a naked tree}

Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter {therein}, to take any thing out of his house:

And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.

And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.