Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.
WEB
Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.
YLT
Without oxen a stall is clean, And great is the increase by the power of the ox.
DBT
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
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.