Proverbs Chapter 13 verse 23 Holy Bible
Much food `is in' the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.
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There is much food in the ploughed land of the poor; but it is taken away by wrongdoing.
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Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment.
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Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
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An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, But injustice sweeps it away.
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Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - Much food is in the tillage (tilled ground) of the poor (Proverbs 12:11). The word rendered "tillage" (nir) means ground worked for the first time, and therefore that on which much labour is bestowed. Hence the Vulgate rightly renders, novalibus. It occurs in Jeremiah 4:3 and Hosea 10:12, where our version has "fallow ground." The poor, but righteous man, who industriously cultivates his little plot of ground, secures a good return, and is happy in eating the labour of his hands (Psalm 128:2). Intend of "the poor," the Vulgate has, "the fathers," taking ראשים in this sense; so that the meaning would be that children who properly cultivate their paternal or hereditary fields obtain good crops. But the Authorized Version rendering is doubtless preferable. There is that is destroyed for want of judgment; rather, as the Revised Version, by reason of injustice. Rich men are often brought to ruin by their disregard of right and justice (mishpat). Some (poor men) are amply supplied by honest labour; others (rich) lose all by wrong dealing. Vulgate, "For others it (food) is gathered contrary to justice;" Septuagint, quite astray, The righteous shall pass many years in wealth; but the unrighteous shall suddenly perish" - which seems to be an explanation or amplification of ver. 22.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) Tillage.--Properly, the newly-made field, on which much labour has been expended. The poor hardworking man, by God's blessing, gains an abundant living, while many (rich persons) are ruined for their neglect of what is right.
