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Proverbs 24:31

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

KJV

et ecce totum repleverant urticæ, et operuerant superficiem ejus spinæ, et maceria lapidum destructa erat.

Vulgate

μάταιον λόγον καὶ ψευδῆ μακράν μου ποίησον, πλοῦτον δὲ καὶ πενίαν μή μοι δῷς, σύνταξον δέ μοι τὰ δέοντα καὶ τὰ αὐτάρκη·

LXX

And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

ASV

וְ/הִנֵּ֨ה עָ֘לָ֤ה כֻלּ֨/וֹ קִמְּשֹׂנִ֗ים כָּסּ֣וּ פָנָ֣י/ו חֲרֻלִּ֑ים וְ/גֶ֖דֶר אֲבָנָ֣י/ו נֶהֱרָֽסָה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣בֶן
'bn
noun · 267×
גֶּ֣דֶר
gdr
noun · 2×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
חָר֣וּל
chrvl
noun · 3×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מְכַסֶּ֣ה
mksh
verb · 152×
נֶהֶרְס֖וּ
nhrsv
verb · 43×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
קִמְּשֹׂנִ֗ים
qmshnym
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 10:18 — By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
  • Gen 3:17 — And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sak
  • Heb 6:8 — But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
  • Isa 5:5 — And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
  • Jer 4:3 — For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
  • Job 31:40 — Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
  • Matt 13:7 — And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
  • Matt 13:22 — He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
  • Prov 19:23 — The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
  • Prov 20:4 — The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
  • Prov 22:13 — The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
  • Prov 23:21 — For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.