Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Much foodis inthe tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.
WEB
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away.
YLT
Abundance of food--the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.
DBT
Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.