Parallel Verses
Amplified
I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding and common sense;
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.
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;
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
Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me;
I will pay the man back for his deed.”
I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man lacking understanding and common sense;
And, behold, it was all overgrown with thorns,
And nettles were covering its surface,
And its stone wall was broken down.
Cross References
Job 4:8
“As I have seen, those who plow wickedness
And those who sow trouble and harm harvest it.
Job 5:27
“Behold this; we have investigated it, and it is true.
Hear and heed it, and know for yourself [for your own good].”
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 (those in right standing with God) abandoned
Or his descendants pleading for bread.
Psalm 107:42
The upright see it and rejoice;
But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth.
Proverbs 6:6-19
Go to the ant, O lazy one;
Observe her ways and be wise,
Proverbs 6:32
But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks common sense and sound judgment and an understanding [of moral principles];
He who would destroy his soul does it.
Proverbs 10:13
On the lips of the discerning, [skillful and godly] wisdom is found,
But discipline and the rod are for the back of the one who is without common sense and understanding.
Proverbs 12:11
He who tills his land will have plenty of bread,
But he who follows worthless things lacks common sense and good judgment.
Ecclesiastes 4:1-8
Then I looked again and considered all the acts of oppression that were being practiced under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and 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 [fleeting] days of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in [spite of] his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who
Ecclesiastes 8:9-11
All this I have seen while applying my mind to every deed that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has exercised power over others to their detriment.