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."
— Proverbs 24:31, NET 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.”
“And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, 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.”
“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.”
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words.
Do not say,“I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done.”
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks sense.
I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.
Then I scrutinized it. I was putting my mind to it– I saw; I took in a lesson:
“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,
and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber.”