Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Its surface was covered with
And its stone
King James Version
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Holman Bible
weeds covered the ground,
and the stone wall was ruined.
International Standard Version
There it was, overgrown with thistles, the ground covered with thorns, its stone wall collapsed.
A Conservative Version
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns. The face of it was covered with nettles, and the stone wall of it was broken down.
American Standard Version
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Amplified
And, behold, it was all overgrown with thorns,
And nettles were covering its surface,
And its stone wall was broken down.
Bible in Basic English
And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.
Darby Translation
and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.
Julia Smith Translation
And behold, it came up all of it with thorns; brambles covered its face, and the wall of its stones was overthrown.
King James 2000
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and weeds had covered its face, and its stone wall was broken down.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and behold, it was overgrown--all of it was covered [with] thorns, its surface with nettles, and {its stone wall} was broken down.
Modern King James verseion
and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And lo, it was all covered with nettles, and stood full of thistles, and the stone wall was broken down.
NET Bible
I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
The Emphasized Bible
And lo! there had come up all over it - thorns, there had covered the face thereof - thistles, and, the stone fence thereof, had been thrown down.
Webster
And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down.
World English Bible
Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
Youngs Literal Translation
And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.
Themes
Idleness and sloth » Lead to » Ruin
Idleness and sloth » Effects of, afford instruction to others
Industry » The slothful devoid of
Poverty » Who will end up in poverty
Understanding » Those that are void of understanding
Vineyards » Frequently walled or fenced with hedges
Interlinear
`alah
Kacah
Paniym
'eben
References
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Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Sayings Of The Wise
30
I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding.
31
Its surface was covered with
And its stone
Cross References
Genesis 3:17-19
He said to Adam: Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Job 31:40
let thorns grow instead of wheat, and foul weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended, JOB QUITE TALKING.
Proverbs 19:23
Respect for Jehovah leads to life. He who has it will be satisfied. He will not be visited by evil.
Proverbs 20:4
The lazy man will not plow because of the cold. He will beg during harvest and have nothing.
Proverbs 22:13
The lazy man says: There is a lion outside. I will be killed in the streets.
Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty and drowsiness will clothe a man with rags.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
By indolence the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house collapses.
Isaiah 5:5
Here is what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge and break down the wall that protects it. I will let wild animals eat it and trample it down.
Jeremiah 4:3
Jehovah says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: Break up your unplowed fields, and do not plant among thorns.
Matthew 13:7
Others fell upon the thorns. The thorns grew up and choked them.
Matthew 13:22
He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.
Hebrews 6:8
That which bears thorns and briars is rejected, and is near to being cursed. It ends up being burned.