Proverbs 13:23

"Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment."

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All Translations

BBE BBE

There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.

DBY DBY

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

KJV King James Version

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

WBT WBT

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

WEB WEB

An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, But injustice sweeps it away.

YLT YLT

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