Proverbs 24:30 - Forerunner Commentary

Proverbs 24:30

28 ^aDo not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,
¹For would you deceive with your lips?

29 ^aDo not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me;
I will render to the man according to his work.”

30 I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;

31 And there it was, ^aall overgrown with thorns;
Its surface was covered with nettles;
Its stone wall was broken down.

32 When I saw it, I considered it well;
I looked on it and received instruction:

33 ^aA little sleep, a little slumber,
A little folding of the hands to rest;

Verse Comparison: Proverbs 24:30

American Standard Version
I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Amplified® Bible
I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

Contemporary English Version
I once walked by the field and the vineyard of a lazy fool.

Darby English Version
I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;

Good News Bible
I walked through the fields and vineyards of a lazy, stupid person.

King James Version
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

New American Standard Bible
I passed by the field of the sluggard And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,

New International Version
I went past the field of the sluggard,
past the vineyard of the man who lacks judgment;

New King James Version
I went by the field of the lazy man,
And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
I passed by the field of the sluggard And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense,

Revised Standard Version
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man without sense;

Young's Literal Translation
Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

New English Translation
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom.¹