30Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.


In Context

27 Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field — go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.

28 Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

29 Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

30 Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

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

32 And I see — I — I do set my heart, I have seen — I have received instruction,

Proverbs 24:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:30I went past the field of the sluggard, past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:30I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:30I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:30I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:30I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:30I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;