For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Car ils ne dormiraient pas s'ils n'avaient fait le mal, Le sommeil leur serait ravi s'ils n'avaient fait tomber personne;
KJV
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 171 (Migne)
via . . . . . non enim dormiunt, nisi malefecerint, et rapitur somnus ab eis, nisi supplantaverint (Prov. IV, 14-16) .» O quam detestabiles vigiliae! Ad hoc enim vigilant, ut alios laedant. Nolite igitur sic vigilare, fratres; potius vigilate Deo, et ipsum mare [ f. amate, seu o…
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