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# Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber

"Do not let your eyes sleep; do not let your eyelids slumber." These two phrases mean the same thing and are repeated to emphasize how important it is not to be lazy. It is also stated negatively for even more emphasis. Alternate translation: "Stay awake, and do what you can" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-litotes]])

# your eyes ... your eyelids

This is a figure of speech using parts of your face to mean your whole body. Alternate translation: "yourself ... yourself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Give your eyes no sleep and your eyelids no slumber`
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`"Do not let your eyes sleep; do not let your eyelids slumber." These two phrases mean the same thing and are repeated to emphasize how important it is not to be lazy. It is also stated negatively for even more emphasis. Alternate translation: "Stay awake, and do what you can" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-litotes]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# your eyes ... your eyelids`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This is a figure of speech using parts of your face to mean your whole body. Alternate translation: "yourself ... yourself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00