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Proverbs 24:30
I passed by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the man destitute of vnderstanding.
Proverbs 24:30 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 24:30 in other translations
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.
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In context
27 Prepare thy worke without, and make readie thy thinges in the fielde, and after, builde thine house.
28 Be not a witnes against thy neighbour without cause: for wilt thou deceiue with thy lippes?
29 Say not, I wil doe to him, as he hath done to mee, I will recompence euery man according to his worke.
30 I passed by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the man destitute of vnderstanding.
31 And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe.
32 Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction.
33 Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe.
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