Proverbs 24:31
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;
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:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
- 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.
- WEB
- Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall 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.
- DARBY
- and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.
- BLB
- And behold, thorns had come up all over it; its face was covered with nettles, and the wall of its stones was torn down.
- ÅB
- og se, den var helt overgrodd med tistler; nesler skjulte dens bunn, og stengjerdet om den var revet ned.
- OTB
- og den var gjengrodd med torner, bakken var dekket med ugress, og steinmuren var i ruiner.
- B1930
- og se, den var helt overgrodd med tistler; nesler skjulte dens bunn, og stengjerdet om den var revet ned.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 5:5
And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
Read in contextEcclesiastes 10:18
By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
Read in contextGenesis 3:17–19
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Read in contextJeremiah 4:3
For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Read in contextProverbs 22:13
The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Read in contextMatthew 13:22
He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
Read in contextProverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Read in contextMatthew 13:7
And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
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