Proverbs 6:2-4

Good News Translation

²Have you been caught by your own words, trapped by your own promises? ³Well then, my child, you are in that person's power, but this is how to get out of it: hurry to him, and beg him to release you. ⁴Don't let yourself go to sleep or even stop to rest.

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Proverbs 6:2-4

New King James Version

²You are snared by the words of your mouth;
You are taken by the words of your mouth.
³So do this, my son, and deliver yourself;
For you have come into the hand of your friend:
Go and humble yourself;
Plead with your friend.
⁴^(A)Give no sleep to your eyes,
Nor slumber to your eyelids.

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Proverbs 6:2-4

King James Version

²Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

³Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.

⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

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Proverbs 6:2-4

New International Version

²you have been trapped by what you said,
    ensnared by the words of your mouth.
³So do this, my son, to free yourself,
    since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—^[a]
    and give your neighbor no rest!
⁴Allow no sleep to your eyes,
    no slumber to your eyelids.^(A)