Proverbs · מִשְׁלֵי

Proverbs 13:23

רָב אֹ֭כֶל נִ֣יר רָאשִׁ֑ים וְיֵ֥שׁ נִ֝סְפֶּ֗ה בְּלֹ֣א מִשְׁפָּֽט׃
rab ʾokel niyr raʾshiym vyesh nispeh bloʾ mishpaṭ
King James Version (KJV)

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

Modern English

The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.

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