Proverbs 24:31

Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

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WEBBE

Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

BSB

Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.

KJV

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

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

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

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וְהִנֵּה ve·hi·neh and there H2009 עָלָה 'a·lah it had grown up H5927 כֻלּוֹ khu·lo all of it H3605 קִמְּשֹׂנִים ki·me·so·nim thorns H7063 כָּסּוּ ka·su they were covered H3680 פָנָיו fa·nav surface(s) its H6440 חֲרֻלִּים cha·ru·lim nettles H2738 וְגֶדֶר ve·ge·der and [the] wall of H1444 אֲבָנָיו 'a·va·nav stones its H68 נֶהֱרָסָה ne·he·ra·sah it was broken down H2040

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 30–34

See what a blessing the husbandman's calling is, and what a wilderness this earth would be without it. See what great difference there is in the management even of worldly affairs. Sloth and self-indulgence are the bane of all good. When we see fields overgrown with thorns and thistles, and the fences broken down, we see an emblem of the far more deplorable state of many souls. Every vile affection grows in men's hearts; yet they compose themselves to sleep. Let us show wisdom by doubling our diligence in every good thing.

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