King James Version
Proverbs 24:31 in the King James Version says “And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was bro...” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.”
Proverbs 24:31 · KJV
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
I went by the field of the slothful , and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received instruction. considered: Heb. set my heart
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And lo it was all grown over”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“had covered”
H3680properly, to plump, i.e., fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
“the face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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