Proverbs 14:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ Where there are no oxen, there is no grain; but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ 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)

⁴ Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

Common English Bible

⁴ When there are no oxen, the stall is clean, but when there is a strong bull, there is abundant produce.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ 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

⁴ Where there are no oxen, the crib is empty: but where there is much corn, there the strength of the ox is manifest.

Proverbs 14:4 Cross References

Job 39:11

Will you depend on him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor?

Psalm 144:14

may our cattle be heavy with young, suffering no mischance or failure in bearing; may there be no cry of distress in our streets!

Proverbs 13:23

The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice.

Proverbs 14:3

The talk of a fool is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Proverbs 14:5

A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

Amos 4:6

“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.