Proverbs
Proverbs 13:23
23Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor,
but without justice it is swept away.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abundant | רָב־ | rāḇ- | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H7230 multitude, abundance, greatness |
| food | אֹ֭כֶל | ’ō·ḵel | Noun - masculine singular | H400 food |
| the fallow ground | נִ֣יר | nîr | Noun - masculine singular construct | H5215 the tillable, untilled or fallow ground |
| of the poor | רָאשִׁ֑ים | rā·šîm | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural | H7326 be in want, poor |
| but without | בְּלֹ֣א | bə·lō | Preposition-b; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| justice | מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ | miš·pāṭ | Noun - masculine singular | H4639 deed, work |
| it is | וְיֵ֥שׁ | wə·yêš | Conjunctive waw; Adverb | H3426 being, substance, existence |
| swept away | נִ֝סְפֶּ֗ה | nis·peh | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular | H5595 sweep away or snatch away, catch up |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Proverbs 12:11 · Proverbs 28:19 · Ecclesiastes 5:9 · Ecclesiastes 8:5–6 · Psalm 112:5 · Proverbs 27:23–27 · Proverbs 27:18
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.