Proverbs 24:31
Strong's Lexicon
וְהִנֵּ֨ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: 1) behold, lo, see, if

Thorns
קִמְּשֹׂנִ֗ים (qim·mə·śō·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2738: 1) nettles, weeds, kind of weed (perhaps chickpea)

had grown up
עָ֘לָ֤ה (‘ā·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5927: 1) to go up, ascend, climb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go up, ascend 1a2) to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat 1a3) to go up, come up (of animals) 1a4) to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation) 1a5) to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon) 1a6) to come up (before God) 1a7) to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary) 1a8) to excel, be superior to 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away 1b2) to take oneself away 1b3) to be exalted 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up 1c2) to bring up, bring against, take away 1c3) to bring up, draw up, train 1c4) to cause to ascend 1c5) to rouse, stir up (mentally) 1c6) to offer, bring up (of gifts) 1c7) to exalt 1c8) to cause to ascend, offer 1d) (Hophal) 1d1) to be carried away, be led up 1d2) to be taken up into, be inserted in 1d3) to be offered 1e) (Hithpael) to lift oneself

everywhere,
כֻלּ֨וֹ ׀ (ḵul·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything

thistles
חֲרֻלִּ֑ים (ḥă·rul·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7063: 1) thistles or nettles, a thorny or useless plant

had covered
כָּסּ֣וּ (kās·sū)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3680: 1) to cover, conceal, hide 1a) (Qal) conceal, covered (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be covered 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cover, clothe 1c2) to cover, conceal 1c3) to cover (for protection) 1c4) to cover over, spread over 1c5) to cover, overwhelm 1d) (Pual) 1d1) to be covered 1d2) to be clothed 1e) (Hithpael) to cover oneself, clothe oneself

the ground,
פָנָ֣יו (p̄ā·nāw)
Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

and the stone
אֲבָנָ֣יו (’ă·ḇā·nāw)
Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 68: 1) stone (large or small) 1a) common stone (in natural state) 1b) stone, as material 1b1) of tablets 1b2) marble, hewn stones 1c) precious stones, stones of fire 1d) stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon 1e) weight 1f) plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal 1g) stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice 1h) sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines 1i) (simile) 1i1) sinking in water, motionlessness 1i2) strength, firmness, solidity 1i3) commonness 1j) (metaph) 1j1) petrified with terror 1j2) perverse, hard heart

wall
וְגֶ֖דֶר (wə·ḡe·ḏer)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1444: 1) wall, fence

was broken down.
נֶהֱרָֽסָה׃ (ne·hĕ·rā·sāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2040: 1) to tear down, break down, overthrow, beat down, break, break through, destroy, pluck down, pull down, throw down, ruined, destroyer, utterly 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to throw down, tear down 1a2) to break through 1a3) to break down, break away 1b) (Niphal) to be torn down, be thrown down 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to overthrow, tear down 1c2) destroyer (participle)

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was 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.

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

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

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.
Parallel Verses
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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.
















Cross References
Genesis 3:18
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

Job 30:7
Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together.

Proverbs 24:32
Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

Isaiah 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:

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 24:30
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Proverbs 24:29
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

Proverbs 24:28
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

Proverbs 24:33
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

Proverbs 24:34
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
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