27. Set in order thy outside work, and make ready for thyself in the sadeh; then afterwards build thine bais.
28. Be not an ed (witness) against thy re'a without cause, and deceive not with thy sfatayim (lips).
29. Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me, I will render to the ish according to his work.
30. I went by the sadeh of the ish atzel (sluggard, lazy one), and went past the kerem (vineyard) of the adam chasar lev (the man void of lev [of understanding]),
31. And, hinei, it was all grown over with thorns, and charullim (nettles) had covered the surface thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.