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Proverbs 13:23

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23The field of the poor may yield much food,

but it is swept away through injustice.*

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Cross references

  1. *Prov 12:11

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

Much food is in the tillage of the poor:

But there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.