Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is empty,[a]
but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of an ox.

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  1. 14:4 Or clean

Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,
    but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.

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10 The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no outsider shares in its joy.

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10 The heart knows its own (A)bitterness,
    and no stranger shares its joy.

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13 Even in laughter a heart may be sad,
and joy may end in grief.(A)

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13 Even in laughter the heart may ache,
    and (A)the end of joy may be (B)grief.

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