Verse Comparison: Proverbs 24:31
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.
Amplified® Bible
And, behold, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles were covering its face, and its stone wall was broken down.
Contemporary English Version
Thorns and weeds were everywhere, and the stone wall had fallen down.
Darby English Version
and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.
Good News Bible
They were full of thorn bushes and overgrown with weeds. The stone wall around them had fallen down.
King James Version
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 American Standard Bible
And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles; Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down.
New International Version
thorns had come up everywhere,
the ground was covered with weeds,
and the stone wall was in ruins.
New King James Version
And there it was, all overgrown with thorns;
Its surface was covered with nettles;
Its stone wall was broken down.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
And behold, the ground had completely overgrown with thistles; Nettles covered its surface, And its stone wall had broken down.
Revised Standard Version
and lo, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its 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.