Devine Scripture

Proverbs 24:30

Proverbs chapter 24 · verse 30 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.29Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

v.30This passage

v.31And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 10:13

    In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

  • Job 15:17

    I will show thee, hear thou me; And that which I have seen I will declare

  • Ecclesiastes 4:1

    Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.

  • Job 4:8

    According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:9

    All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man hath power over another to his hurt.

  • Job 5:27

    Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.