| 1. | " yes , the briar patch is our fear and our greed
“是的，所谓的荆棘就是我们的恐惧和贪婪。 |
| 2. | The gardener could graft as many as twenty cuttings an hour on to briar stems
这位园丁每小时可以嫁接多达20根枝条到石南茎上去。 |
| 3. | The best one among them is like a briar ; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge
4他们当中最好的，不过是蒺藜；最正直的，还不如荆棘篱笆。 |
| 4. | People will come there with bows and arrows because all the land will be briars and thorns
赛7 : 24人上那里去、必带弓箭、因为遍地满了荆棘和蒺藜。 |
| 5. | Let briars grow instead of wheat , and stinkweed instead of barley . " the words of job are ended
伯31 : 40愿这地长蒺藜代替麦子、长恶草代替大麦约伯的话说完了。 |
| 6. | This is you , who have been as slippery as an eel this last month , and as thorny as a briar - rose
上个月你就像鳗鱼一样滑溜，像野蔷薇一样多刺，什么地方手指一碰就挨了刺。 |
| 7. | " i will lay it waste ; it will not be pruned or hoed , but briars and thorns will come up
赛5 : 6我必使他荒废、不再修理、不再锄刨荆棘蒺藜倒要生长我也必命云不降雨在其上。 |
| 8. | " i have no wrath . should someone give me briars and thorns in battle , then i would step on them , i would burn them completely
赛27 : 4我心中不存忿怒惟愿荆棘蒺藜与我交战、我就勇往直前、把他一同焚烧。 |
| 9. | And doady , knock the ashes from your pipe , the seasoned briar you still fancy when the curfew rings for you may it be the distant day
还有大肥，把你烟斗里的灰磕打掉吧。通知熄灯的晚钟已敲但愿那是遥远的未来的事！ |
| 10. | Gwt ： mourn for my people ' s land where thorns and briars will grow . mourn for all the happy homes in a joyful city
新译本：也为那些在我子民的土地上长起来的荆棘和蒺藜而哀哭，为那欢乐的城和所有快乐的房屋，也是这样。 |
