29 (A)Do not say, “Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me;
I will [a]render to the man according to his work.”

30 I passed by the field of the sluggard
And by the vineyard of the man (B)lacking [b]sense,
31 And behold, it was completely (C)overgrown with thistles;
Its surface was covered with [c](D)nettles,
And its stone (E)wall was broken down.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:29 Lit bring back
  2. Proverbs 24:30 Lit heart
  3. Proverbs 24:31 I.e. a kind of weed