Among the bushes they cry out, under the nettles they huddled together –
Proverbs 24:31 - The Scriptures 2009 And see, it was all overgrown with thorns; Its surface was covered with nettles; And its stone wall was broken down. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, And nettles had covered the face thereof, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And, behold, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles were covering its face, and its stone wall was broken down. 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. Common English Bible Thorns grew all over it; weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was falling down. Catholic Public Domain Version and behold, it was entirely filled with nettles, and thorns had covered its surface, and the stonewall was destroyed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down. |
Among the bushes they cry out, under the nettles they huddled together –
let thistles grow instead of wheat, and useless weed instead of barley.” The words of Iyoḇ are ended.
The being of the lazy one craves, but has not; While the being of the hard workers are enriched.
The fear of יהוה leads to life, And he remains satisfied, He is not visited by evil.
The lazy one does not plough after the autumn; At harvest time he inquires – there is none!
The lazy one says: “There is a lion outside!” “I am going to be murdered in the streets!”
For the drunkard and the glutton become poor, And slumber puts rags on a man.
When I saw it, I set my heart on it; I looked and received discipline:
Because of laziness the framework tumbles, and through idleness of hands the house leaks.
“And now, please let Me inform you what I am doing to My vineyard: To take away its hedge and it shall be burned; to break down its wall and it shall be trampled down;
and I lay it waste; it is not pruned or dug and thornbushes and weeds shall come up; and I command the clouds not to rain on it.”
For this is what יהוה said to the men of Yehuḏah and Yerushalayim, “Break up your tillable ground, and do not sow among thorns.
“And that sown among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the worry of this age and the deceit of riches choke the word, and it becomes fruitless.
“And others fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them.
but if it brings forth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near to being cursed, and ends up by being burned.