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.
Proverbs 24:31 in other translations
| BSB | Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. |
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| WEB | Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. |
| ASV | 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 | And lo, it hath gone up--all of it--thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down. |
| DARBY | and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down. |
| BBE | And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken 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. |
What does Proverbs 24:31 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 24:30-31
30-31. A striking picture of the effects of sloth.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 24:30-34
See what a blessing the husbandman's calling is, and what a wilderness this earth would be without it. See what great difference there is in the management even of worldly affairs. Sloth and self-indulgence are the bane of all good. When we see fields overgrown with thorns and thistles, and the fences broken down, we see an emblem of the far more deplorable state of many souls. Every vile affection grows in men's…
Proverbs 24:31 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 24:31
- Isaiah 5:5
And 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 10:18
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
- Genesis 3:17-19
And 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; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
- 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.
- Proverbs 22:13
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
- 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.
- Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
- Matthew 13:7
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
- 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.
- Hebrews 6:8
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
- Proverbs 20:4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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Context
- Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
- 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.
- Proverbs 24:32
Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
Proverbs 24:31 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y he aquí que por toda ella habían ya crecido espinas, ortigas habían ya cubierto su haz, y su cerca de piedra estaba ya destruída. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et voici, tout y était monté en chardons; les orties en avaient couvert la surface, et sa clôture de pierres était démolie. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und siehe, er war ganz mit Disteln überwachsen, seine Fläche war mit Brennesseln bedeckt, und seine steinerne Mauer eingerissen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et ecce totum repleverant urticæ, et operuerant superficiem ejus spinæ, et maceria lapidum destructa erat. |