Proverbs 24:30 - The Message One day I walked by the field of an old lazybones, and then passed the vineyard of a slob; They were overgrown with weeds, thick with thistles, all the fences broken down. I took a long look and pondered what I saw; the fields preached me a sermon and I listened: “A nap here, a nap there, a day off here, a day off there, sit back, take it easy—do you know what comes next? Just this: You can look forward to a dirt-poor life, with poverty as your permanent houseguest!” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I went by the field of the slothful, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; American Standard Version (1901) I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; Common English Bible I happened upon the field of a lazy person, by the vineyard of one with no sense. Catholic Public Domain Version I passed by the field of a lazy man, and by the vineyard of a foolish man, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man: |