Proverbs 24:31
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
And behold,וְהִנֵּ֨ה
(ve·hin·neh)
2009: lo! behold!prol. of hen
it was completelyכֻלֹּ֨ו
(chul·lov)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
overgrownעָ֘לָ֤ה
(a·lah)
5927: to go up, ascend, climba prim. root
with thistles; 
 
7057: perhaps thistlesof uncertain derivation
Its surfaceפָנָ֣יו
(fa·nav)
6440: face, facesfrom panah
was coveredכָּסּ֣וּ
(kas·su)
3680: to covera prim. root
with nettles,קִמְּשֹׂנִ֗ים
(kim·me·so·nim)
2738: (a kind of weed), perhaps chickpeaof uncertain derivation
And its stoneאֲבָנָ֣יו
(a·va·nav)
68: a stonea prim. root
wall 
 
1447: a wallfrom gadar
was broken down.נֶהֱרָֽסָה׃
(ne·he·ra·sah.)
2040: to throw down, break or tear downa prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
And lo it was all grown over
`alah  (aw-law')
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
with thorns
qimmashown  (kim-maw-shone')
a prickly plant -- thorn.
and nettles
charuwl  (khaw-rool')
apparently, a passive participle of an unused root probably meaning to be prickly; properly, pointed, i.e. a bramble or other thorny weed: nettle.
had covered
kacah  (kaw-saw')
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.
the face
paniym  (paw-neem')
the 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.)
thereof and the stone
'eben  (eh'-ben)
a stone -- + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
wall
geder  (gheh'-der)
a circumvallation -- wall.
thereof was broken down
harac  (haw-ras')
to pull down or in pieces, break, &? destroy -- beat down, break (down, through), destroy, overthrow, pluck down, pull down, ruin, throw down, utterly.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles; Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down.

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

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

International Standard Version
There it was, overgrown with thistles, the ground covered with thorns, its stone wall collapsed.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And all of that climbed up, filled with a tangle of thorns, and they covered the face of the gates.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I saw that it was all overgrown with thistles. The ground was covered with weeds, and its stone fence was torn down.

King James 2000 Bible
And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and weeds had covered its face, and its stone wall was broken down.
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