It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice.
Proverbs 13:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice. Plus de versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Much food is in the tillage of the poor: But there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Much food is in the tilled land of the poor, but there are those who are destroyed because of injustice. American Standard Version (1901) Much food is in the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice. Common English Bible A poor person’s land might produce much food, but it is unjustly swept away. Catholic Public Domain Version Much nourishment is in the fallow land of the fathers. But for others, it is gathered without judgment. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered with out judgment. |
It is well with those who deal generously and lend, who conduct their affairs with justice.
Those who till their land will have plenty of food, but those who follow worthless pursuits have no sense.
From the fruit of the mouth one is filled with good things, and manual labor has its reward.
Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and anyone who takes care of a master will be honored.
Anyone who tills the land will have plenty of bread, but one who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.
But all things considered, this is an advantage for a land: a king for a plowed field.
the elders of that town shall bring the heifer down to a wadi with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the wadi.