Proverbs 13:23

In 11 translations

BSB

Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.

KJV

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.

ASV

Much food is in the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

LSV

Abundance of food—the tillage of the poor, || And substance is consumed without judgment.

YLT

Abundance of food — the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.

DBY

Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment.

DRC

Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered with out judgment.

GNV

Much foode is in the fielde of the poore: but the fielde is destroyed without discretion.

JPS

Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is swept away by want of righteousness.

LXXE

The righteous shall spend many years in wealth: but the unrighteous shall perish suddenly.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

רָב־אֹ֭כֶל נִ֣יר רָאשִׁ֑ים וְיֵ֥שׁ נִ֝סְפֶּ֗ה בְּלֹ֣א מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

LXX-Br

Δίκαιοι ποιήσουσιν ἐν πλούτῳ ἔτη πολλὰ, ἄδικοι δὲ ἀπολοῦνται συντόμως.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 12:11The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
• Proverbs 28:19The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
• Ecclesiastes 5:9The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
• Ecclesiastes 8:5–6Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure. For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
• Psalms 112:5It is well with the man who is generous and lends freely, whose affairs are guided by justice.
• Proverbs 27:23–27Be sure to know the state of your flocks, and pay close attention to your herds; for riches are not forever, nor does a crown endure to every generation. When hay is removed and new growth appears and the grain from…
• Proverbs 27:18Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who looks after his master will be honored.
• Jeremiah 8:7–10Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD. How can you say, ‘We are wise, and…
• Proverbs 11:5–6The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness. The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.
• Proverbs 6:6–11Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest. How long will you lie…
• Proverbs 12:14By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.

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