Proverbs 24:31
King James Version (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.
In context
29 Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
30 I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
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.
32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Proverbs 24:31 in every translation
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the 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.