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Proverbs 24:31

What does Proverbs 24:31 mean?

A plain-English look at Proverbs 24:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Bible in Basic English · 1949

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

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And lo, it hath gone up--all of it--thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

v.30I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

v.31This passage

v.32Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:

Cross references

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

  • Proverbs 19:23

    The fear of Jehovahtendethto life; And hethat hath itshall abide satisfied; He shall not be visited with evil.

  • Isaiah 5:5

    And now I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; I will break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

  • Ecclesiastes 10:18

    By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.

  • Proverbs 20:4

    The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; Therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.

  • Jeremiah 4:3

    For thus saith Jehovah to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.

  • Proverbs 22:13

    The sluggard saith, There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.

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