Verse Comparison: Proverbs 4:16
American Standard Version
For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
Amplified® Bible
For they cannot sleep unless they have caused trouble {or} vexation; their sleep is taken away unless they have caused someone to fall.
Contemporary English Version
They can't sleep or rest until they do wrong or harm some innocent victim.
Darby English Version
For they sleep not except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they have caused [some] to fall.
Good News Bible
Wicked people cannot sleep unless they have done something wrong. They lie awake unless they have hurt someone.
King James Version
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
New American Standard Bible
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; And they are robbed of sleep unless they make {someone} stumble.
New International Version
For they cannot sleep till they do evil;
they are robbed of slumber till they make someone fall.
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.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; And they become robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
Revised Standard Version
For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made some one stumble.
Young's Literal Translation
For they sleep not if they do not evil, And their sleep hath been taken violently away, If they cause not `some' to stumble.
