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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:4 Or clean

Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is clean,
    but profits come through 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 bitterness—
    an outsider cannot share in 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 there may be heartache,
    and at the end of joy there may be grief.

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