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Ad mosai wilt thou lie down, O atzel (sluggard, lazy one)? When wilt thou arise out of thy sheynah (sleep)?

10 Yet a little sheynot (sleep [pl.]), a little slumber, a little folding of the yadayim to sleep;

11 So shall thy poverty come as a prowler, and thy need as an ish mogen (man of armor).

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How long will you lie there, you sluggard?(A)
    When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
    a little folding of the hands to rest(B)
11 and poverty(C) will come on you like a thief
    and scarcity like an armed man.

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