Proverbs 4:16 - Compare All Versions
Proverbs 4:16-17 MSG (The Message)
Evil people are restless unless they’re making trouble; They can’t get a good night’s sleep unless they’ve made life miserable for somebody. Perversity is their food and drink, violence their drug of choice.
Proverbs 4:16 KJV (King James Version)
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Proverbs 4:16 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
Proverbs 4:16 NCV (New Century Version)
because they cannot sleep until they do evil. They cannot rest until they harm someone.
Proverbs 4:16 ASV (American Standard Version)
For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Proverbs 4:16 NIVUK (New International Version (Anglicised))
For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep till they make someone stumble.
Proverbs 4:16 NKJV (New King James Version)
For they do not sleep unless they have done evil; And their sleep is taken away unless they make someone fall.
Proverbs 4:16 AMP (Amplified Bible)
For the wicked cannot sleep unless they do evil; And they are deprived of sleep unless they make someone stumble and fall.
Proverbs 4:16 NLT (New Living Translation)
For evil people can’t sleep until they’ve done their evil deed for the day. They can’t rest until they’ve caused someone to stumble.
Proverbs 4:16 TPT (The Passion Translation)
For troublemakers are restless if they are not involved in evil. They are not satisfied until they have brought someone harm.
Proverbs 4:16 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.