The Meaning of Proverbs 14:4 Explained

Proverbs 14:4

KJV: Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

YLT: Without oxen a stall is clean, And great is the increase by the power of the ox.

Darby: Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.

ASV: Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; But much increase is by the strength of the ox.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Where no oxen  [are], the crib  [is] clean:  but much  increase  [is] by the strength  of the ox. 

What does Proverbs 14:4 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 14

1  A wise woman builds her house

What do the individual words in Proverbs 14:4 mean?

Where no oxen [are] the manger [is] clean but much increase [comes] by the strength of an ox
בְּאֵ֣ין אֲ֭לָפִים אֵב֣וּס בָּ֑ר וְרָב־ תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹת בְּכֹ֣חַ שֽׁוֹר

בְּאֵ֣ין  Where  no 
Parse: Preposition-b, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
אֲ֭לָפִים  oxen  [are] 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֶלֶף  
Sense: cattle, oxen.
אֵב֣וּס  the  manger  [is] 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אֵבוּס  
Sense: crib, manger, feeding trough.
בָּ֑ר  clean 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּר  
Sense: pure, clear, sincere.
וְרָב־  but  much 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹב  
Sense: multitude, abundance, greatness.
תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹת  increase  [comes] 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: תְּבוּאָה  
Sense: produce, product, revenue.
בְּכֹ֣חַ  by  the  strength 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּחַ 
Sense: strength, power, might.
שֽׁוֹר  of  an  ox 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֹׁור  
Sense: ox, bull, a head of cattle.

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