Proverbs 24:31 Parallel Translations

I saw that it was all overgrown with thistles. The ground was covered with weeds, and its stone fence was torn down.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall 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.

Proverbs 24:31 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 3:18 "Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field;

Job 30:7 "Among the bushes they cry out; Under the nettles they are gathered together.

Isaiah 5:5 "So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard: I will remove its hedge and it will be consumed; I will break down its wall and it will become trampled ground. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

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 hearts; yet they compose themselves to sleep. Let us show wisdom by doubling our diligence in every good thing.

CONC:

Behold Broken Completely Covered Everywhere Face Full Ground Grown Nettles Overgrown Plants Ruins Stone Surface Thereof Thistles Thorns Wall Waste Weeds

Broken Completely Covered Everywhere Face Full Ground Grown Nettles Overgrown Ruins Stone Surface Thereof Thistles Thorns Wall Waste Weeds

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