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Proverbs 24:31

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

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וְהִנֵּ֨הvehinehand loהִנֵּהconjunction, particle, demonstrative — “and lo”H2009lo!behold, lo, see.עָ֘לָ֤הalahascend upעָלָהverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “ascend up”, a completed actionH5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurativearise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make t…כֻלּ֨וֹkhulvoallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).קִמְּשֹׂנִ֗יםqimsonimthornקִמָּשׁוֹןnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “thorn”, the ordinary formH7063a prickly plantthorn.כָּסּ֣וּkasvcoverכָּסָהverb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “cover”, a completed actionH3680properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare H3780 (כָּשָׂה).פָנָ֣יוfanayva- foreפָּנִיםnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…חֲרֻלִּ֑יםcharulimnettleחָרוּלnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “nettle”, the ordinary formH2738properly, pointed, i.e. a bramble or other thorny weednettle.וְגֶ֖דֶרvegederand wallגֶּדֶרconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and wall”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1444a circumvallationwall.אֲבָנָ֣יוavanayvstoneאֶבֶןnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “stone”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH68a stone[phrase] carbuncle, [phrase] mason, [phrase] plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-) stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).נֶהֱרָֽסָהneherasahbreakהָרַסverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “break”, a completed actionH2040to pull down or in pieces, break, destroybeat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, [idiom] utterly.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐὰν ἀφῇς αὐτὸν, χερσωθήσεται καὶ χορτομανήσει ὅλος, καὶ γίνεται ἐκλελειμμένος, οἱ δὲ φραγμοὶ τῶν λίθων αὐτοῦ κατασκάπτονται.