Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles;
Its surface was covered with nettles,
And its stone wall was broken down.

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

Thistles had come up everywhere,
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.

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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And, lo, it was all grown over
עלה 
`alah 
Usage: 890

with thorns
קמּשׁון 
Qimmashown 
Usage: 1

and nettles
חרל חרוּל 
Charuwl 
Usage: 3

כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152

the face
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

גּדר 
Geder 
Usage: 2

Context Readings

More Sayings Of The Wise

30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; 31 And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.



Cross References

Genesis 3:17-19

And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Job 31:40

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

Proverbs 19:23

The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

Proverbs 20:4

The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.

Proverbs 22:13

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

Proverbs 23:21

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

Ecclesiastes 10:18

By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

Isaiah 5:5

And now come; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall of it, and it shall be trodden down:

Jeremiah 4:3

For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

Matthew 13:7

And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

Matthew 13:22

He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

Hebrews 6:8

But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh to cursing; whose end is to be burned.

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