Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
American
Easton
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Sayings Of The Wise
30 I passed upon the field of the slothful man, and upon the vineyard of the man wanting heart; 31 And behold, it came up all of it with thorns; brambles covered its face, and the wall of its stones was overthrown. 32 And I shall see and set my heart: I looked, I took instruction.
Cross References
Genesis 3:17-19
And to Adam he said, Because thou didst listen to the voice of thy wife, and thou wilt eat from the tree which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat from it; cursed the earth for thy sake; in labor shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Job 31:40
The thorn shall come forth, instead of wheat, and the weed instead of barley. The words of Job were completed
Proverbs 19:23
The fear of Jehovah is to life: and he being filled shall lodge satisfied; he shall not be reviewed for evil.
Proverbs 20:4
The slothful one reproaching will not work: he shall ask in harvest, and nothing.
Proverbs 22:13
The slothful one said, A lion without; I shall be slain in the midst of the broad places.
Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the squanderer shall be dispossessed: and slumber shall clothe with rags.
Ecclesiastes 10:18
By sloth the frame work will pine away; and by the letting down of the hands, the house will drop.
Isaiah 5:5
And now I will make known to you now what I do to my vineyard, taking away its hedge, and it was for consuming, breaking down its wall, and it was for a treading down.
Jeremiah 4:3
For thus said Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up to you the fallow ground, and ye shall not sow to thorns.
Matthew 13:7
And others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.
Matthew 13:22
And he having sown among thorns, this is he hearing the word; and the care of this time, and the deceit of riches, choke the word, and it is unfruitful.
Hebrews 6:8
And producing thorns and briers is rejected, after having been tried, and near cursing; whose end for destruction.