Will you depend on him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor?
Proverbs 14:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) Where there are no oxen, there is no grain; but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: But much increase is by the strength of the ox. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Where no oxen are, the grain crib is empty, but much increase [of crops] comes by the strength of the ox. American Standard Version (1901) Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox. Common English Bible When there are no oxen, the stall is clean, but when there is a strong bull, there is abundant produce. Catholic Public Domain Version Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is empty. But where there are many crops, there the strength of the ox is manifest. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Where there are no oxen, the crib is empty: but where there is much corn, there the strength of the ox is manifest. |
Will you depend on him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor?
may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mischance or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!
The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
The talk of a fool is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
“I gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and lack of bread in all your places, yet you did not return to me,” says the Lord.