Good News TranslationUnused fields could yield plenty of food for the poor, but unjust people keep them from being farmed.
New Revised Standard Version
The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
Contemporary English Version
Even when the land of the poor produces good crops, they get cheated out of what they grow.
New American Bible
The tillage of the poor yields abundant food, but possessions are swept away for lack of justice.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered without judgment.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered without judgment.
food
Proverbs 12:11,14 He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds. . . .
Proverbs 27:18,23-27 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eat the fruit thereof: and he that is the keeper of his master, shall be glorified. . . .
Proverbs 28:19 He that tilleth his ground, shall be filled with bread: but he that followeth idleness, shall be filled with poverty.
Ecclesiastes 5:9 Moreover there is the king that reigneth over all the land subject to him.
destroyed
Proverbs 6:6-11 Which, although she hath no guide, nor master, nor captain, . . .
Proverbs 11:5,6 The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares. . . .
Psalm 112:5 Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment:
Ecclesiastes 8:5,6 He that keepeth the commandment, shall find no evil. The heart of a wiser man understandeth time and answer. . . .
Jeremiah 8:7-10 The kite in the air hath known her time: the turtle, and the swallow, and the stork have observed the time of their coming: but my people have not known the judgment of the Lord. . . .
