Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking 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;
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;
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 - According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work. 30 By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense; 31 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.
Cross References
Job 4:8
So far as I have seen, They who plow for iniquity and sow misery, reap the same:
Job 5:27
Lo! as for this, we have searched it out - so, it is, Hear it, and know, thou, for thyself.
Job 15:17
I will tell thee - hear me, Since this I have seen, I must needs declare it.
Psalm 37:25
Young, have I been, moreover am old, - Yet have I not seen, A righteous man forsaken, Nor his seed begging bread:
Psalm 107:42
The upright seeth and is glad, And, all perverseness, hath closed her mouth.
Proverbs 6:6-19
Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;
Proverbs 6:32
He that committeth adultery with a woman, lacketh sense, A destroyer of his own life, is he that doeth it;
Proverbs 10:13
In the lips of the intelligent, is found wisdom, but, a rod, is for the back of him that lacketh sense.
Proverbs 12:11
He that tilleth his land, shall be filled with food, but, he that runneth after worthless men, lacketh sense.
Ecclesiastes 4:1-8
Then again, I, considered all the oppressive deeds which were done under the sun, - and lo! the tears of the oppressed, and they have no comforter, and, on the side of their oppressing, is power, and they have no comforter.
Ecclesiastes 7:15
Everything, had I seen, in my days of vanity, - Here was a righteous man, perishing in his righteousness, and there was a lawless man, continuing long in his wickedness.
Ecclesiastes 8:9-11
All this, had I seen, and tried to apply my heart to every work which was done under the sun, - at such time as one man had power over another man, to his hurt.