Proverbs 24:29-33 in English

²⁹ Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

³⁰ I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

³² Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:

³³ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

²⁹ Say not, As he has treated me, so will I treat him, and I will avenge myself on him for that wherein he has injured me.

³⁰ A foolish man is like a farm, and a senseless man is like a vineyard.

³¹ If thou let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down.

³² Afterwards I reflected, I looked that I might receive instruction.

³³ The sluggard says, I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, and for a little while I fold my arms across my breast.

²⁹ Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

³⁰ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

³³ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

²⁹ Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

³⁰ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

³³ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

²⁹ Say not, As he has treated me, so will I treat him, and I will avenge myself on him for that wherein he has injured me.

³⁰ A foolish man is like a farm, and a senseless man is like a vineyard.

³¹ If you let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down.

³² Afterwards I reflected, I looked that I might receive instruction.

³³ The sluggard says, I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, and for a little while I fold my arms across my breast.

²⁹ Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.

³⁰ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, the face thereof was covered with nettles, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

³² Then I beheld, and considered well: I saw, and received instruction.

³³ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

²⁹ Do not say, “I will do to him what he did to me; I will pay him back for the bad things that he did to me.”

³⁰ One day I walked by the vineyards of a lazy man, a man who did not have good sense.

³¹ I was surprised to see that the fields were full of all kinds of thorny bushes, and the stone wall around the garden had ◄collapsed/fallen down►.

³² When I saw that, I thought about it, and I learned this:

³³ If you spend a lot of time sleeping and napping and folding your hands while you rest,

²⁹ Say not, As he has treated me, so will I treat him, and I will avenge myself on him for that wherein he has injured me.

³⁰ A foolish man is like a farm, and a senseless man is like a vineyard.

³¹ If you let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; and he becomes destitute, and his stone walls are broken down.

³² Afterwards I reflected, I looked that I might receive instruction.

³³ The sluggard says, I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, and for a little while I fold my arms across my breast.

²⁹ Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

³⁰ I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

³¹ Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

³³ a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

²⁹ Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

³⁰ I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

³¹ Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

³³ a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

²⁹ Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

³⁰ I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

³¹ Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

³³ a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

²⁹ Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.

³⁰ I went by the field of the hater of work, and by the vine-garden of the man without sense;

³¹ And it was all full of thorns, and covered with waste plants, and its stone wall was broken down.

³² Then looking at it, I gave thought: I saw, and I got teaching from it.

³³ A little sleep, a little rest, a little folding of the hands in sleep:

²⁹ Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the man according to his work.

³⁰ I went by the field of a sluggard, and by the vineyard of a man void of understanding;

³¹ and lo, it was all grown over with thistles, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and its stone wall was broken down.

³² Then I looked, I took it to heart; I saw, I received instruction:

³³ — A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

²⁹ Say not: I will do to him as he hath done to me: I will render to every one according to his work.

³⁰ I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man:

³¹ And behold it was all filled with nettles, and thorns had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall was broken down.

³² Which when I had seen, I laid it up in my heart, and by the example I received instruction.

³³ Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest:

²⁹ Don't say to yourself, “I'm going to do to him what he did to me! I'll pay him back for what he's done!”

³⁰ I walked past the field of a lazy man, past a vineyard of someone with no sense.

³¹ It was all overgrown with thorns, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall had fallen down.

³² As I looked I thought about it, and what I saw taught me a lesson:

³³ You may say, “Please, just a little more sleep, a little longer snooze, a little more folding of the arms to rest”—

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.

²⁹ Say not: 'I will do so to him as he hath done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.'

³⁰ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thistles, the face thereof was covered with nettles, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

³² Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction.

³³ 'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep' —

²⁹ Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

³⁰ I went by the field of the slothful, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹ And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, And nettles had covered the face thereof, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.

³³ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep:

²⁹ Say not, As he hath done to me so will I do to him: I will recompense every man according to his doing.

³⁰ By the field of a slothful man I once passed along, and by the vineyard of a man void of sense:

³¹ And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, nettles had covered its surface, and its stone-wall was broken down.

³² And when I had indeed beheld this I took it to my heart: I saw it, and received a warning.

³³ “A little more sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands in lying down;”

²⁹ Say not, As he has treated me, so will I treat him, And I will avenge myself on him for that wherein he has injured me.

³⁰ A foolish man is like a farm, And a senseless man is like a vineyard.

³¹ If thou let him alone, he will altogether remain barren and covered with weeds; And he becomes destitute, And his stone walls are broken down.

³² Afterward I reflected, I looked that I might receive instruction.

³³ The sluggard says, I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, And for a little while I fold my arms across my breast.

²⁹ Say not, “As he hath done to me, So will I do to him; I will render to the man according to his doings.”

³⁰ I passed by the field of the slothful, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding,

³¹ And, lo! it was all overgrown with thorns, And the face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered it well; I looked upon it. and received instruction.

³³ “A little sleep, a little slumber! A little folding of the hands to rest!”

²⁹ Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work.”

³⁰ I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹ Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

³³ a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep;

²⁹ Do not say, “I will do to him what he has done to me; I will pay him back for what he has done.”

³⁰ I went by the field of a lazy man, past the vineyard of the man having no sense.

³¹ Thorns had grown up everywhere, the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

³² Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.

³³ A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

²⁹ Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

³⁰ I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

³¹ Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

³³ a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

²⁹ Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

³⁰ I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

³¹ Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

³³ a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

²⁹ Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

³⁰ I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

³¹ And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face of it, and its stone wall was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it , and received instruction.

³³ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

²⁹ Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

³⁰ I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

³¹ Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

³³ a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

²⁹ Don’t say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

³⁰ I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding.

³¹ Behold, it was all grown over with thorns. Its surface was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

³² Then I saw, and considered well. I saw, and received instruction:

³³ a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

²⁹ Say thou not, As he did to me, so I shall do to him, and I shall yield to each man after his work.

³⁰ I passed by the field of a slow man, and by the vinery or the vineyard of a fond or foolish man;

³¹ and lo! nettles had filled all, thorns had covered the higher part thereof, and the wall of stones without mortar was destroyed.

³² And when I had seen this thing, I setted or put in mine heart, and by ensample, I learned teaching.

³³ How long sleepest thou, slow man? when shalt thou rise from sleep? Soothly thou shalt sleep a little, thou shalt nap a little, thou shalt join together the hands a little, to take rest;

²⁹ Say thou not, As he did to me, so I shall do to him, and I shall yield to each man after his work.

³⁰ I passed by the field of a slow man, and by the vinery of a fond man; (I passed by a lazy man’s field, and by a foolish person’s vineyard;)

³¹ and lo! nettles had filled all, thorns had covered the higher part thereof, and the wall of stones without mortar was destroyed.

³² And when I had seen this thing, I setted (it) in mine heart, and by ensample, I learned (the) teaching. (And when I had seen this, I put it in my heart, and by example, I learned the lesson.)

³³ How long sleepest thou, slow man? when shalt thou rise from sleep? Soothly thou shalt sleep a little, thou shalt nap a little, thou shalt join together the hands a little, to take rest; (How long sleepest thou, O lazy man? when shalt thou rise from sleep? Truly thou shalt sleep a little, thou shalt nap a little, and then thou shalt join together thy hands a little, and take rest again;)

²⁹ Say not, 'As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

³⁰ Near the field of a slothful man I passed by, And near the vineyard of a man lacking heart.

³¹ And lo, it hath gone up — all of it — thorns! Covered its face have nettles, And its stone wall hath been broken down.

³² And I see — I — I do set my heart, I have seen — I have received instruction,

³³ A little sleep — a little slumber — A little folding of the hands to lie down.