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Proverbs 13:23
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KJ21
Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for want of judgment.
ASV
Much food is in the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.
AMP
Abundant food is in the fallow (uncultivated) ground of the poor, But [without protection] it is swept away by injustice.
AMPC
Much food is in the tilled land of the poor, but there are those who are destroyed because of injustice.
BRG
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
CSB
The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food, but without justice, it is swept away.
CSBA
The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food, but without justice, it is swept away.
CEB
A poor person’s land might produce much food, but it is unjustly swept away.
CJB
The fields of the poor may yield much food, but some are swept away because of injustice.
CEV
Even when the land of the poor produces good crops, they get cheated out of what they grow.
DARBY
Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment.
DRA
Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered with out judgment.
ERV
The poor might have good land that produces plenty of food, but bad decisions can take it away.
EASY
Even a poor man's field may give him enough food. But he loses it because wicked people rob him.
EHV
The farmland of the poor may produce much food, but it may be swept away by injustice.
ESV
The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
ESVUK
The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
EXB
A poor person’s ·field [soil] might produce plenty of food, but ·others often steal it away [L it is unjustly swept away].
GNV
Much food is in the field of the poor, but the field is destroyed without discretion.
GW
When poor people are able to plow, there is much food, but a person is swept away where there is no justice.
GNT
Unused fields could yield plenty of food for the poor, but unjust people keep them from being farmed.
HCSB
The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food, but without justice, it is swept away.
ICB
A poor man’s field might have plenty of food. But unfair people steal it from him.
ISV
The field of the poor may produce much food, but it can be swept away through injustice.
JUB
¶ In the fallow ground of the poor there is much bread, but it is lost for lack of judgment.
KJV
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
AKJV
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
LSB
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice.
LEB
There is much food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.
TLB
A poor man’s farm may have good soil, but injustice robs him of its riches.
MSG
Banks foreclose on the farms of the poor, or else the poor lose their shirts to crooked lawyers.
MEV
Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but for lack of justice it is destroyed.
NOG
When poor people are able to plow, there is much food, but a person is swept away where there is no justice.
NABRE
The tillage of the poor yields abundant food, but possessions are swept away for lack of justice.
NASB
Abundant food is in the uncultivated ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice.
NASB1995
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice.
NCB
The fields of the poor may yield much food, but it is stolen from them through injustice.
NCV
A poor person’s field might produce plenty of food, but others often steal it away.
NET
Abundant food may come from the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.
NIRV
An unplowed field produces food for poor people. But those who treat them badly destroy it all.
NIV
An unplowed field produces food for the poor, but injustice sweeps it away.
NIVUK
An unploughed field produces food for the poor, but injustice sweeps it away.
NKJV
Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, And for lack of justice there is waste.
NLV
Much food is in the plowed land of the poor, but it is taken away because of wrong-doing.
NLT
A poor person’s farm may produce much food, but injustice sweeps it all away.
NRSVA
The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
NRSVACE
The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
NRSVCE
The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
NRSVUE
The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
OJB
Rav ochel (much food) is in the untilled ground of the poor, but for want of mishpat (justice) it is swept away.
RGT
Much food is in the field of the poor. But the field is destroyed without justice.
RSV
The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
RSVCE
The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
TLV
The fallow field of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away by injustice.
VOICE
Though the fields of the poor yield a bumper crop in a land without justice, it is stolen out from under them.
WEB
An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
WYC
Many meats be in the new-tilled fields of fathers; and be gathered to other men without doom. (Much food for the poor could be in untilled fields; but other men unjustly keep that land from being worked.)
YLT
Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.
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