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Proverbs 24:30
By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;
Proverbs 24:30 · Rotherham Emphasised 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, in the open, thy work, and make ready, in the field, for thyself, Afterwards, shalt thou build thy house.
28 Do not become a needless witness against thy neighbour, so mightest thou open too wide thy lips:
29 Do not say—According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work.
30 By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;
31 And lo! there had come up all over it—thorns, there had covered the face thereof—thistles, and, the stone fence thereof, had been thrown down.
32 So I observed it, for myself, I applied my heart, I looked—I accepted correction:
33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest:
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