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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
רב-אכל ניר ראשים ויש נספה בלא משפט
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
rb-Akl nyr rASHym vySH nsph blA mSHpt

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
multi cibi in novalibus patrum et alii congregantur absque iudicio

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for lack of justice.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
New King James Version   
Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, And for lack of justice there is waste.
21st Century King James Version   
Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but there is that which is destroyed for want of judgment.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Much food is in the tillage of the poor; But there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Those who do not see the way of life for themselves destroy many years of wealth, and some are destroyed utterly.
Darby Bible Translation   
Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Much food is in the tillage of fathers: but for others it is gathered with out judgment.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed by reason of injustice.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
God's Word   
When poor people are able to plow, there is much food, but a person is swept away where there is no justice.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food, but without justice, it is swept away.
International Standard Version   
The field of the poor may produce much food, but it can be swept away through injustice.
NET Bible   
There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.
New American Standard Bible   
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice.
New International Version   
An unplowed field produces food for the poor, but injustice sweeps it away.
New Living Translation   
A poor person's farm may produce much food, but injustice sweeps it all away.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
The World English Bible   
An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
EasyEnglish Bible   
Even a poor man's field may give him enough food. But he loses it because wicked people rob him.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Abundance of food -- the tillage of the poor, And substance is consumed without judgment.
New Life Version   
Much food is in the plowed land of the poor, but it is taken away because of wrong-doing.
The Voice Bible   
Though the fields of the poor yield a bumper crop in a land without justice, it is stolen out from under them.
Living Bible   
A poor man’s farm may have good soil, but injustice robs him of its riches.
New Catholic Bible   
The fields of the poor may yield much food, but it is stolen from them through injustice.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
In the fallow ground of the poor there is much bread, but it is lost for lack of judgment.
Christian Standard Bible   
The uncultivated field of the poor yields abundant food, but without justice, it is swept away.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Much food is in the tilled land of the poor, but there are those who are destroyed because of injustice.
New Century Version   
A poor person’s field might produce plenty of food, but others often steal it away.
The Message   
Banks foreclose on the farms of the poor, or else the poor lose their shirts to crooked lawyers.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
The farmland of the poor may produce much food, but it may be swept away by injustice.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
Good News Translation®   
Unused fields could yield plenty of food for the poor, but unjust people keep them from being farmed.
Wycliffe Bible   
Many meats be in the new-tilled fields of fathers; and be gathered to other men without doom. (Much food for the poor could be in untilled fields; but other men unjustly keep that land from being worked.)
Contemporary English Version   
Even when the land of the poor produces good crops, they get cheated out of what they grow.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
Common English Bible © 2011   
A poor person’s land might produce much food, but it is unjustly swept away.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Abundant food is in the fallow (uncultivated) ground of the poor, But [without protection] it is swept away by injustice.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
The fallow ground of the poor would yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
The tillage of the poor yields abundant food, but possessions are swept away for lack of justice.
New American Standard Bible   
Abundant food is in the uncultivated ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice.
The Expanded Bible   
A poor person’s ·field [soil] might produce plenty of food, but ·others often steal it away [L it is unjustly swept away].
Tree of Life Version   
The fallow field of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away by injustice.
Revised Standard Version   
The fallow ground of the poor yields much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
New International Reader's Version   
An unplowed field produces food for poor people. But those who treat them badly destroy it all.
BRG Bible   
Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.
Complete Jewish Bible   
The fields of the poor may yield much food, but some are swept away because of injustice.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
The field of the poor may yield much food, but it is swept away through injustice.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Rav ochel (much food) is in the untilled ground of the poor, but for want of mishpat (justice) it is swept away.
Names of God Bible   
When poor people are able to plow, there is much food, but a person is swept away where there is no justice.
Modern English Version   
Much food is in the tillage of the poor, but for lack of justice it is destroyed.
Easy-to-Read Version   
The poor might have good land that produces plenty of food, but bad decisions can take it away.
International Children’s Bible   
A poor man’s field might have plenty of food. But unfair people steal it from him.
Lexham English Bible   
There is much food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice.
New International Version - UK   
An unploughed field produces food for the poor, but injustice sweeps it away.