Proverbs 24:31
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
In context
29 Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”
30 I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
31 Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
32 I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
Proverbs 24:31 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
- KJV King James Version
- And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
- WEB World English Bible
- Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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 Young's Literal Translation
- And lo, it hath gone up — all of it — thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.
- DBY Darby Translation
- and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down.