New King James Version
Proverbs 24:30
30I went by the field of the lazy man, And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding;
Proverbs 24:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
- New International Version (NIV)I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense;
- English Standard Version (ESV)I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,
- New Living Translation (NLT)I walked by the field of a lazy person, the vineyard of one with no common sense.
Context of Proverbs 24:30
28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, For would you deceive with your lips? 29Do not say, “I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.” I went by the field of the lazy man, And by the vineyard of the man devoid of understanding; 31And there it was, all overgrown with thorns; Its surface was covered with nettles; Its stone wall was broken down. 32When I saw it, I considered it well; I looked on it and received instruction:
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עַל־שְׂדֵ֣ה אִישׁ־עָצֵ֣ל עָבַ֑רְתִּי וְעַל־כֶּ֝֗רֶם אָדָ֥ם חֲסַר־לֵֽב׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 24:30
- Proverbs 6:6Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise,
- Job 4:8Even as I have seen, Those who plow iniquity And sow trouble reap the same.
- Job 5:27Behold, this we have searched out; It is true. Hear it, and know for yourself.”
- Job 15:17“I will tell you, hear me; What I have seen I will declare,
- Psalms 37:25I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread.
- Psalms 107:42The righteous see it and rejoice, And all iniquity stops its mouth.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1Then I returned and considered all the oppression that is done under the sun: And look! The tears of the oppressed, But they have no comforter— On the side of their oppressors there is power, But they have no comforter.
- Ecclesiastes 7:15I have seen everything in my days of vanity: There is a just man who perishes in his righteousness, And there is a wicked man who prolongs life in his wickedness.
- Ecclesiastes 8:9All this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: There is a time in which one man rules over another to his own hurt.
- Proverbs 10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has understanding, But a rod is for the back of him who is devoid of understanding.
- Proverbs 12:11He who tills his land will be satisfied with bread, But he who follows frivolity is devoid of understanding.
Commentaries on Proverbs 24:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30I went by the field of the slothful - This is a most instructive parable; is exemplified every day in a variety of forms; and is powerfully descriptive of the state of many a blackslider and trifler in religion. Calmet has an excellent note on this passage. I shall give the substance of it. Solomon often recommends diligence and economy to his disciples. In those primitive times when agriculture was honorable, no man was respected who neglected to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30The chapter ends with an apologue, which may be taken as a parable of something yet deeper. The field and the vineyard are more than the man‘s earthly possessions. His neglect brings barrenness or desolation to the garden of the soul. The “thorns” are evil habits that choke the good seed, and the “nettles” are those that are actually hurtful and offensive to others. The “wall” is the defense which laws and rules give to the inward life, and which the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-34Verses 30-34 See what a blessing the husbandman's calling is, and what a wilderness this earth would be without it. See what great difference there is in the management even of worldly affairs. Sloth and self-indulgence are the bane of all good. When we see fields overgrown with thorns and thistles, and the fences broken down, we see an emblem of the far more deplorable state of many souls. Every vile affection grows in men's hearts; yet they compose…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30-34Saying 5: Laziness and a love for sleep can lead to poverty (see Proverbs 10:4–5, 26; 12:11; 13:4; 15:19; 18:9; 19:15, 24; 20:4, 13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 30-3130-31. A striking picture of the effects of sloth.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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