Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
New American Standard Bible
And by the vineyard of the man
King James Version
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
Holman Bible
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.
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.
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
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Sayings Of The Wise
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work. 30 I went by the field of the sluggard, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. 31 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.
Cross References
Job 4:8
According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.
Job 5:27
Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.
Job 15:17
I will show thee. Hear thou me, and that which I have seen I will declare,
Psalm 37:25
I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen a righteous man forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Psalm 107:42
The upright shall see it, and be glad. And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Proverbs 6:6-19
Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.
Proverbs 6:32
He who commits adultery with a woman is void of understanding. He who would destroy his own soul does it.
Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of him who has discernment wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
Proverbs 12:11
He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who pursues vanities is void of understanding.
Ecclesiastes 7:15
All this I have seen in my days of vanity. There is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs [his life] in his evil-doing.
Ecclesiastes 8:9-11
All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun. [There is] a time in which one man has power over another to his hurt.