Proverbs 24:31
Modern Translations
New International Version
thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.

New Living Translation
I saw that it was overgrown with nettles. It was covered with weeds, and its walls were broken down.

English Standard Version
and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

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

New American Standard Bible
And behold, it was completely overgrown with weeds; Its surface was covered with weeds, And its stone wall was broken down.

NASB 1995
And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles; Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down.

NASB 1977
And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles, Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down.

Amplified Bible
And, behold, it was all overgrown with thorns, And nettles were covering its surface, And its stone wall was broken down.

Christian Standard Bible
Thistles had come up everywhere, weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was ruined.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Thistles had come up everywhere, weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was ruined.

Contemporary English Version
Thorns and weeds were everywhere, and the stone wall had fallen down.

Good News Translation
They were full of thorn bushes and overgrown with weeds. The stone wall around them had fallen down.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I saw that it was all overgrown with thistles. The ground was covered with weeds, and its stone fence was torn down.

International Standard Version
There it was, overgrown with thistles, the ground covered with thorns, its stone wall collapsed.

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.
Classic Translations
King James 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.

New King James Version
And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; Its surface was covered with nettles; Its stone wall was broken down.

King James 2000 Bible
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and weeds had covered its face, and its stone wall was broken down.

New Heart English Bible
Look, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

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

American King James Version
And, see, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

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

A Faithful Version
And, behold, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down.

Darby Bible Translation
and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And lo, it was all couered with nettles, and stoode full of thornes, and the stone wall was broken downe.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And lo, it was all couered wt nettels, & stode full of thistles, & ye stone wall was broke downe.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And behold, it has gone up—all of it—thorns! Nettles have covered its face, "" And its stone wall has been broken down.

Young's Literal Translation
And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.

Smith's Literal Translation
And behold, it came up all of it with thorns; brambles covered its face, and the wall of its stones was overthrown.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.

Catholic Public Domain Version
and behold, it was entirely filled with nettles, and thorns had covered its surface, and the stonewall was destroyed.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And all of that climbed up, filled with a tangle of thorns, and they covered the face of the gates.

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

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And, lo, it was all grown over with thistles, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
If thou let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down.
















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