In church your grandsire cut his throat; to do the job too long he tarried: he should have had my hearty vote to cut his throat before he married.

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John 3:22:
After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized.
(NIV)
After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the land (the countryside) of Judea, where He remained with them, and baptized.
(AMP)
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
(KJV)

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Luke 1:21:
Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple.
(NIV)
Now the people kept waiting for Zachariah, and they wondered at his delaying [so long] in the sanctuary.
(AMP)
And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
(KJV)

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Do you wrestle with dreams? Do you contend with shadows? Do you move in a kind of sleep? Time has slipped away. Your life is stolen. You tarried with trifles, Victim of your folly.

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