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


In Context

28 Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips.

29 Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work.

30 I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man:

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

32 Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.

33 Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest:

Proverbs 24:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:31thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:31and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, the face thereof was covered with nettles, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:31And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:31Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:31And lo, it hath gone up — all of it — thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:31And, see, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.