Proverbs 13:23 | |
NASB: Abundant food [is in] the fallow ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice. (NASB ©1995) GWT: When poor people are able to plow, there is much food, but a person is swept away where there is no justice. (GOD'S WORD®) KJV: Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that 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. BBE: There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing. DBY: Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment. JPS: Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is swept away by want of righteousness. WBS: Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. WEB: An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away. YLT: Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment. | |
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