NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Muchrob (robe) abundance (in any respect) -- abundance(-antly), all, common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), very (age). food 'okel (o'-kel) food -- eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals. is in the tillage niyr (neer) plowing, i.e. (concretely) freshly plowed land -- fallow ground, plowing, tillage. of the poor ro'sh (roshe) the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) ruwsh (roosh) to be destitute -- lack, needy, (make self) poor (man). but there is yesh (yaysh) entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb; there is or are that is destroyed caphah (saw-faw') to scrape (literally, to shave; but usually figuratively) together (i.e. to accumulate or increase) or away (i.e. to scatter, remove, or ruin; intransitively, to perish) for want lo' (lo) not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows) of judgment mishpat (mish-pawt') a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice. King James Bible Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. Holman Christian Standard Bible The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food, but without justice, it is swept away. International Standard Version The field of the poor may produce much food, but it can be swept away through injustice. NET Bible There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Those who do not see the way of life for themselves destroy many years of wealth, and some are destroyed utterly. GOD'S WORD® Translation When poor people are able to plow, there is much food, but a person is swept away where there is no justice. King James 2000 Bible Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for lack of justice. Links Proverbs 13:23Proverbs 13:23 NIV Proverbs 13:23 NLT Proverbs 13:23 ESV Proverbs 13:23 NASB Proverbs 13:23 KJV |