Proverbs 24:31 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
And lo, it hath gone up -- all of it -- thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.
English 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.
English Amplified
And, behold, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles were covering its face, and its stone wall was broken down.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
And, behold, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles were covering its face, and its stone wall was broken down.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
Thistles had come up everywhere, weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was ruined.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.
English EASY 2024
There were weeds and thorn bushes over all the ground. The wall of stones around the field had fallen down.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
Weeds were growing everywhere! Wild vines covered the ground, and the wall around the vineyard was broken and falling down.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
They were full of thorn bushes and overgrown with weeds. The stone wall around them had fallen down.
English God's Word - GW 1995
I saw that it was all overgrown with thistles. The ground was covered with weeds, and its stone fence was torn down.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Thistles had come up everywhere, weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was ruined.
English KJV 1611
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
English LSB
And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles; Nettles have covered its surface, And its stone wall has been torn down.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns, and nettles had covered its surface, and its stone wall was broken down.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles; Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
And behold! it was all overgrown with thistles; its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall broken down.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
Thorns had grown up everywhere. The ground was covered with weeds. The stone wall had fallen down.
English NIV
thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.
English NKJ 1982
And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; Its surface was covered with nettles; Its stone wall was broken down.
English NLT
I saw that it was overgrown with thorns. It was covered with weeds, and its walls were broken down.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
and see, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
and lo, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
was overgrown with thorns; it was covered with weeds, and its walls were broken down.
English Tyndale 1537
And lo, it was all covered with nettles, and stood full of thistles, and the stone wall was broken down.