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. "
— Proverbs 24:31, American Standard 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.”
“Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.”
“I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.”
“And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.”
“And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.”
“And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.”
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.
I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:
Yeta little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;
So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.