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

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。

那裡荊棘遍地，刺草叢生，石牆倒塌。

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 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.

Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing.

But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.

This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem:“ Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.

Now I will tell you what I am going to do to my vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be destroyed; I will break down its wall, and it will be trampled.

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.

then let briers come up instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” The words of Job are ended.

for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful.

The fear of the Lord leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.

To Adam he said,“ Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you,‘ You must not eat from it,’“ Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”

Through laziness, the rafters sag; because of idle hands, the house leaks.

The sluggard says,“ There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”