A poor person’s farm may produce much food, but injustice sweeps it all away.

穷人耕种多得粮食，但因不义，有消灭的。

穷乏人开垦的地虽多产粮食，却因不公而被夺走。

穷乏人开垦的地虽多产粮食，却因不公而被夺走。

穷人的田地出产丰富，因不公而被抢掠一空。

穷人的耕地可产大量粮食，却因不义都被摧毁了。

穷人所开垦之地，有许多粮食，但因不公正的事，被一扫而空。

窮人耕種多得糧食，但因不義，有消滅的。

窮乏人開墾的地雖多產糧食，卻因不公而被奪走。

窮乏人開墾的地雖多產糧食，卻因不公而被奪走。

窮人的田地出產豐富，因不公而被搶掠一空。

窮人的耕地可產大量糧食，卻因不義都被摧毀了。

窮乏人的休耕地、能生許多糧食；但舊存的五穀、也能因不義而被掃盡。

窮人所開墾之地，有許多糧食，但因不公正的事，被一掃而空。

貧而力田、多得穀食、亡於不義、亦有其人、

貧者力田、多得物產、蓋藏無智、終歸朽壞。

貧者耕田、可得多糧、用財過度、必致消耗、用財過度必致消耗或作有人因無義而見滅

An unplowed field produces food for the poor, but injustice sweeps it away.

An unplowed field produces food for poor people. But those who treat them badly destroy it all.

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

The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food, but without justice, it is swept away.

Abundant food is in the uncultivated ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice.

Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, And for lack of justice there is waste.

Much food is in the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.

The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food, but without justice, it is swept away.

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

There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.

An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies has no sense.

Those who obey him will not be punished. Those who are wise will find a time and a way to do what is right,for there is a time and a way for everything, even when a person is in trouble.

A hard worker has plenty of food, but a person who chases fantasies ends up in poverty.

Good comes to those who lend money generously and conduct their business fairly.

Even the king milks the land for his own profit!

Even the stork that flies across the sky knows the time of her migration, as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane. They all return at the proper time each year. But not my people! They do not know the Lord’s laws.“‘ How can you say,“ We are wise because we have the word of the Lord,” when your teachers have twisted it by writing lies?These wise teachers will fall into the trap of their own foolishness, for they have rejected the word of the Lord. Are they so wise after all?I will give their wives to others and their farms to strangers. From the least to the greatest, their lives are ruled by greed. Yes, even my prophets and priests are like that. They are all frauds.

As workers who tend a fig tree are allowed to eat the fruit, so workers who protect their employer’s interests will be rewarded.

Know the state of your flocks, and put your heart into caring for your herds,for riches don’t last forever, and the crown might not be passed to the next generation.After the hay is harvested and the new crop appears and the mountain grasses are gathered in,your sheep will provide wool for clothing, and your goats will provide the price of a field.And you will have enough goats’ milk for yourself, your family, and your servant girls.

Wise words bring many benefits, and hard work brings rewards.

Take a lesson from the ants, you lazybones. Learn from their ways and become wise!Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work,they labor hard all summer, gathering food for the winter.But you, lazybones, how long will you sleep? When will you wake up?A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—then poverty will pounce on you like a bandit; scarcity will attack you like an armed robber.

The godly are directed by honesty; the wicked fall beneath their load of sin.The godliness of good people rescues them; the ambition of treacherous people traps them.