They slept but little of the night,
The part of the night they spent asleep was small
They used to rarely sleep the whole night.
And rarely did they fall asleep at night without reflection. ('Haju' = Fall asleep instantly like an exhausted horse).
They slept but little of the night,
They used to rarely sleep the whole night.
They used to rarely sleep the whole night.
Rarely did they sleep the whole night.
They slept little in the night,
They used to sleep but little of the night,
they would lie asleep during but a small part of the night,
They used to sleep but little of the night,
they used to sleep but little by night,*
They hardly missed a night but apportioned part of it, be it little or much, to divine worship at the expense of their sleep.
They cut their sleeping at night short to worship their Lord.
They used to sleep but little by night .
They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night,
they used to sleep only little in the night,
They used to sleep little in the night;
sleeping only little at night,
Little of the night would they slumber,
But little of the night they slept;
They used to sleep but little in the night.
They used to slumber (only) little of the night;
They slept but a small part of the night;
They were in the habit of sleeping but little by night,
They were in the habit of sleeping but a little by night (for their being occupied in God's worship).
They used to sleep a little during the night,