Proverbs 20:13
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.

Young's Literal Translation
Love not sleep, lest thou become poor, Open thine eyes—be satisfied [with] bread.

King James Bible
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, [and] thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Hebrew
Do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's 408: Not

love
תֶּֽאֱהַ֣ב (te·’ĕ·haḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f

sleep,
שֵׁ֭נָה (nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8142: Sleep

or
פֶּן־ (pen-)
Conjunction
Strong's 6435: Removal, lest

you will grow poor;
תִּוָּרֵ֑שׁ (tiw·wā·rêš)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin

open
פְּקַ֖ח (pə·qaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6491: To open, to be observant

your eyes,
עֵינֶ֣יךָ (‘ê·ne·ḵā)
Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

[and] you will have plenty
שְֽׂבַֽע־ (śə·ḇa‘-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited

of food.
לָֽחֶם׃ (lā·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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