KJV 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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Proverbs 24:31
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
WEB World English Bible
Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
ASV 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.
YLT Young’s 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.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 24
28 Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
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 thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.
33 [Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34 So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
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וְהִנֵּ֨הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdעָ֘לָ֤הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseכֻלּ֨וֹ׀H3605 · kolallקִמְּשֹׂנִ֗יםH7063 · qim.ma.shonthornכָּסּ֣וּH3680 · ka.sahto coverפָנָ֣יוH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeחֲרֻלִּ֑יםH2738 · cha.rulnettleוְגֶ֖דֶרH1444 · ge.derwallאֲבָנָ֣יוH68 · e.venstoneנֶהֱרָֽסָה׃H2040 · ha.rasto overthrow
Cross-references
Isaiah 5:5And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; [and] break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:Ecclesiastes 10:18By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.Jeremiah 4:3For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.Matthew 13:22He 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.Proverbs 20:4The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.Proverbs 19:23The fear of the LORD [tendeth] to life: and [he that hath it] shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.Matthew 13:7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:Genesis 3:17-19And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto 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;Hebrews 6:8But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.Proverbs 22:13The slothful [man] saith, [There is] a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.Proverbs 23:21For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe [a man] with rags.Job 31:40Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
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