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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 · King James Version

In other versions

  • And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

    ASV

  • And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.

    BBE

  • and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.

    DBY

  • Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down.

    WEB

  • And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.

    YLT

  • And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

    ENG

  • And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down.

    WBT

  • Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.

    BSB

In context

29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

32Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

33Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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