Proverbs 14:4

In 11 translations

BSB

Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.

KJV

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

WEB

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

ASV

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

LSV

Without oxen a stall [is] clean, || And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox.

YLT

Without oxen a stall [is] clean, And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox.

DBY

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

DRC

Where there are no oxen, the crib is empty: but where there is much corn, there the strength of the ox is manifest.

GNV

Where none oxen are, there the cribbe is emptie: but much increase cometh by the strength of the oxe.

JPS

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

LXXE

Where no oxen are, the cribs are clean; but where there is abundant produce, the strength of the ox is apparent.

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Original-language editions

WLC

בְּאֵ֣ין אֲ֭לָפִים אֵב֣וּס בָּ֑ר וְרָב־תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹת בְּכֹ֣חַ שֽׁוֹר׃

LXX-Br

Οὗ μή εἰσι βόες, φάτναι καθαραί· οὗ δὲ πολλὰ γεννήματα, φανερὰ βοὸς ἰσχύς.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 1 Corinthians 9:9–11For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned? Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us,…
• Proverbs 13:23Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
• Amos 4:6“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

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