Proverbs 14:4-6
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
4 Where there are no oxen, the crib is clean;
but abundant crops come through the strength of the bull.[a]
5 A trustworthy witness does not lie,
but one who spouts lies makes a lying witness.[b](A)
6 The scoffer seeks wisdom in vain,
but knowledge is easy for the intelligent.
Footnotes
- 14:4 If one has no animals, one does not have the burden of keeping the crib full, but without them one will have no crops to fill the barn. Colon B reverses the sense of colon A and also reverses the consonants of bar (“clean”) to rab (“abundant”).
- 14:5 On discerning the truthfulness of witnesses; see 12:17.
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