Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,

King James Version

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Holman Bible

I went by the field of a slacker
and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense.

International Standard Version

I went by the field belonging to a lazy man, by a vineyard belonging to a senseless person.

A Conservative Version

I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

American Standard Version

I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Amplified


I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding and common sense;

Bible in Basic English

I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

Darby Translation

I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;

Julia Smith Translation

I passed upon the field of the slothful man, and upon the vineyard of the man wanting heart;

King James 2000

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Lexham Expanded Bible

I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking {sense};

Modern King James verseion

I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man without understanding;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyards of the foolish man.

NET Bible

I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.

New Heart English Bible

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

The Emphasized Bible

By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;

Webster

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

World English Bible

I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Youngs Literal Translation

Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
I went
עבר 
`abar 
over, pass, through, pass by, go, away, pass on,
Usage: 557

by the field
שׂדי שׂדה 
Sadeh 
Usage: 333

of the slothful
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

and by the vineyard
כּרם 
Kerem 
Usage: 93

of the man
אדם 
'adam 
Usage: 541

חסר 
Chacer 
Usage: 18

Context Readings

More Sayings Of The Wise

29 Do not say, “Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.”
30 I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,
31 And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles;
Its surface was covered with nettles,
And its stone wall was broken down.

Cross References

Job 4:8

“According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity
And those who sow trouble harvest it.

Job 5:27

“Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is.
Hear it, and know for yourself.”

Job 15:17

“I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have seen I will also declare;

Psalm 37:25

I have been young and now I am old,
Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
Or his descendants begging bread.

Psalm 107:42

The upright see it and are glad;
But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.

Proverbs 6:6-19

Go to the ant, O sluggard,
Observe her ways and be wise,

Proverbs 6:32

The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense;
He who would destroy himself does it.

Proverbs 10:13

On the lips of the discerning, wisdom is found,
But a rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding.

Proverbs 12:11

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who pursues worthless things lacks sense.

Ecclesiastes 4:1-8

Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them.

Ecclesiastes 7:15

I have seen everything during my lifetime of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness.

Ecclesiastes 8:9-11

All this I have seen and applied my mind to every deed that has been done under the sun wherein a man has exercised authority over another man to his hurt.

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