Proverbs 24:30-34 Parallel Bible Translations

Proverbs 24:30-34 ▼
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30 I passed by a lazy person's field, the vineyard belonging to a person without sense. 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 I saw that it was all overgrown with thistles. The ground was covered with weeds, and its stone fence was torn down. 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 When I observed [this], I took it to heart. I saw it and learned my lesson. 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 |Just a little sleep, just a little slumber, just a little nap.| 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 Then your poverty will come like a drifter, and your need will come like a bandit. 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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