那裡荊棘遍地，刺草叢生，石牆倒塌。

荆棘长满了地皮，刺草遮盖了田面，石墙也坍塌了。

看哪，它长满了荆棘，荨麻盖地面，石墙也坍塌了。

看哪，它长满了荆棘，荨麻盖地面，石墙也坍塌了。

那里荆棘遍地，刺草丛生，石墙倒塌。

只见到处长满蒺藜，地面盖满刺草，石墙也倒塌了。

看哪，那里到处长满灌木丛，杂草遮盖地面，石头的围墙也倒塌了！

荊棘長滿了地皮，刺草遮蓋了田面，石牆也坍塌了。

看哪，它長滿了荊棘，蕁麻蓋地面，石牆也坍塌了。

看哪，它長滿了荊棘，蕁麻蓋地面，石牆也坍塌了。

只見到處長滿蒺藜，地面蓋滿刺草，石牆也倒塌了。

只見蒺藜長滿了地皮！刺草蓋滿了田面！其石牆也翻毁了！

看哪，那裡到處長滿灌木叢，雜草遮蓋地面，石頭的圍牆也倒塌了！

荊棘滿地、蒺藜蔓延、石垣傾圮、

草萊蔓延、荊棘叢生、墻垣傾圮、

見荒草遍地、荊棘叢生、墻垣傾圮、

thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins.

Thorns had grown up everywhere. The ground was covered with weeds. The stone wall had fallen down.

and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down.

I saw that it was overgrown with nettles. It was covered with weeds, and its walls were broken down.

Thistles had come up everywhere, weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was ruined.

And behold, it was completely overgrown with weeds; Its surface was covered with weeds, And its stone wall was broken down.

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

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

Thistles had come up everywhere, weeds covered the ground, and the stone wall was ruined.

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

I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down.

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

懶惰人不按時耕種，收穫時必一無所得。

若長出來的盡是荊棘和蒺藜，就毫無價值，它會面臨被咒詛的危險，最後必遭焚燒。

耶和華對猶大人和耶路撒冷人說：「要開墾你們的荒地，不要在荊棘中撒種。

「現在，我告訴你們我會怎樣處理這葡萄園，我要除去籬笆，任它被毀壞；我要拆毀圍牆，任它被踐踏。

有些落在荊棘叢中，荊棘長起來便把嫩苗擠住了；

願地長出蒺藜而非麥子，長出雜草而非大麥。」約伯的話說完了。

因為好酒貪吃者必窮困，貪睡的人必穿破衣爛衫。

種子落在荊棘叢中，是指人雖然聽過道，但生活的憂慮和錢財的迷惑把道擠住了，以致不能結出果實；

敬畏耶和華使人得享生命，安然滿足，免遭禍患。

耶和華上帝又對亞當說：「因為你聽從妻子的話，吃了我吩咐你不可吃的果子，地必因你而受咒詛。你必終生艱辛勞苦，才能吃到地裡出產的食物。地必給你長出荊棘和蒺藜，你要吃田間長出來的菜蔬。你必汗流滿面，才有飯吃，一直到你歸回塵土。因為你是塵土造的，也必歸回塵土。」

屋頂因人懶惰而坍塌，房間因人遊手好閒而漏雨。

懶惰人說：「外面有獅子，我會喪命街頭。」