Proverbs 13:23

Footnotes

1. 79 Heb “fallow ground” (so ). The word נִיר (nir) means “the tillable [or untilled; or fallow] ground.” 644 says this line could be rendered: “abundant food [yields] the fallow ground of poor men” (i.e., with the Lord’s blessing).
2. 80 The reads “there is what is swept away because [there is] no justice” (וְיֵשׁ נִסְפֶּה בְּלֹא מִשְׁפָּט, véyesh nispeh bélo’ mishpat). The reads “the great enjoy wealth many years, but some men perish little by little.” The reads “those who have no habitation waste wealth many years, and some waste it completely.” reads “the great man devours the land of the poor, and some men are taken away unjustly.” The has “there is much food in the fresh land of the fathers, and for others it is collected without judgment.” C. H. Toy says that the text is corrupt (Proverbs [], ). Nevertheless, the makes sense: The ground could produce enough food for people if there were no injustice in the land. Poverty is unnecessary as long as there is justice and not injustice.