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Proverbs 13:23

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23iMuch food is in jthe tillage of the poor:

But kthere is that is destroyed lfor want of judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. iSo ch. 12:11?
  2. jJer. 4:3. Hos. 10:12. So ch. 21:4 in the Heb.
  3. kSee ver. 7.
  4. lch. 16:8 (Heb.).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food,

but it is swept away through injustice.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

An unplowed field produces food for the poor,

but injustice sweeps it away.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food,

but without justice, it is swept away.

NLTNew Living Translation

A poor person’s farm may produce much food,

but injustice sweeps it all away.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

There is much food in the field of the poor,

but it is swept away by injustice.