Proverbs 24:30-34 Parallel Bible Translations

Proverbs 24:30-34 ▼
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30 I went by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the foolishe man: I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
31 And lo, it was all couered with nettles, and stoode full of thornes, and the stone wall was broken downe. and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.
32 This I sawe, and considered it well: I looked vpon it, and toke it for a warning. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction. I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw:
33 Yea sleepe on styll I say a litle, slumber a litle, folde thy handes together yet a litle: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
34 So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man. and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
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