Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins. New Living Translation I saw that it was overgrown with nettles. It was covered with weeds, and its walls were broken down. English Standard Version and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. Berean Standard Bible Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. King James Bible And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. New King James Version And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; Its surface was covered with nettles; Its stone wall was broken down. New American Standard Bible And behold, it was completely overgrown with weeds; Its surface was covered with weeds, And its stone wall was broken down. NASB 1995 And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles; Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down. NASB 1977 And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles, Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down. Legacy Standard Bible And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles; Nettles have covered its surface, And its stone wall has been torn down. Amplified Bible And, behold, it was all overgrown with thorns, And nettles were covering its surface, And its stone wall was broken down. Christian Standard Bible Thistles had come up everywhere, weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was ruined. Holman Christian Standard Bible Thistles had come up everywhere, weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was ruined. 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And all of that climbed up, filled with a tangle of thorns, and they covered the face of the gates. Brenton Septuagint Translation If thou let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down. Contemporary English Version Thorns and weeds were everywhere, and the stone wall had fallen down. Douay-Rheims Bible And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation I saw that it was all overgrown with thistles. The ground was covered with weeds, and its stone fence was torn down. Good News Translation They were full of thorn bushes and overgrown with weeds. The stone wall around them had fallen down. International Standard Version There it was, overgrown with thistles, the ground covered with thorns, its stone wall collapsed. JPS Tanakh 1917 And, lo, it was all grown over with thistles, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. Literal Standard Version And behold, it has gone up—all of it—thorns! Nettles have covered its face, | And its stone wall has been broken down. Majority Standard Bible Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. New American Bible It was all overgrown with thistles; its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall broken down. NET Bible I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down. New Revised Standard Version and see, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. New Heart English Bible Look, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. Webster's Bible Translation And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down. World English Bible Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Further Sayings of the Wise…30I 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. 32I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction:… Cross References Genesis 3:18 Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. Job 30:7 They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles. Proverbs 24:32 I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction: Isaiah 5:5 Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled. Treasury of Scripture And, see, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. it Genesis 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; … Job 31:40 Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. Jeremiah 4:3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. and the Proverbs 19:23 The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. Proverbs 20:4 The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. Proverbs 22:13 The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. Jump to Previous Broken Completely Covered Everywhere Face Full Ground Grown Nettles Overgrown Ruins Stone Surface Thereof Thistles Thorns Wall Waste WeedsJump to Next Broken Completely Covered Everywhere Face Full Ground Grown Nettles Overgrown Ruins Stone Surface Thereof Thistles Thorns Wall Waste WeedsProverbs 24 1. Precepts and WarningsVerse 31. - Thorns. Kimmashon is the word here used, but the plant has not been certainly identified (comp. Isaiah 34:13). Nettles (charul). The stinging nettle is quite common in Palestine, but the plant here meant is probably the prickly acanthus, which quickly covers any spot left uncultivated (Job 30:7). Revised Version margin suggests wild vetches. Ovid, 'Trist.,' 5:12. 21 - "Adde, quod ingenium louga rubigine laesum Hebrew Thornsקִמְּשֹׂנִ֗ים (qim·mə·śō·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2738: Pointed, a bramble, other thorny weed had grown up עָ֘לָ֤ה (‘ā·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively everywhere, כֻלּ֨וֹ ׀ (ḵul·lōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every thistles חֲרֻלִּ֑ים (ḥă·rul·lîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7063: A prickly plant had covered כָּסּ֣וּ (kās·sū) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3680: To plump, fill up hollows, to cover the ground, פָנָ֣יו (p̄ā·nāw) Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6440: The face and the stone אֲבָנָ֣יו (’ă·ḇā·nāw) Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 68: A stone wall וְגֶ֖דֶר (wə·ḡe·ḏer) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 1444: A circumvallation was broken down. נֶהֱרָֽסָה׃ (ne·hĕ·rā·sāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 2040: To pull down, in pieces, break, & destroy Links Proverbs 24:31 NIVProverbs 24:31 NLT Proverbs 24:31 ESV Proverbs 24:31 NASB Proverbs 24:31 KJV Proverbs 24:31 BibleApps.com Proverbs 24:31 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 24:31 Chinese Bible Proverbs 24:31 French Bible Proverbs 24:31 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 24:31 Behold it was all grown over (Prov. 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