Proverbs 14:4

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In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.	Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.	A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Where no oxen^H504 are, the crib^H18 is clean^H1249: but much^H7230 increase^H8393 is by the strength^H3581 of the ox^H7794.

Original Hebrew

בְּאֵין אֲלָפִים אֵבוּס בָּר וְרָב־תְּבוּאֹות בְּכֹחַ שֹׁור׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בְּ/אֵ֣ין	be./'Ein	H369	HR/Tn	when/ there not
אֲ֭לָפִים	'A.la.fim	H504	HAcbpa	(are) cattle(s)
אֵב֣וּס	'e.Vus	H18	HNcmsc	(the) feeding trough
בָּ֑ר	Bar	H1249	HNcmsa	(is) clean
וְ/רָב	ve./rov-	H7230	HC/Ncbsc	and/ abundance of
תְּ֝בוּא֗וֹת	te.vu.'ot	H8393	HNcfpa	produce(s)
בְּ/כֹ֣חַ	be./Kho.ach	H3581	HR/Ncmsc	(is) by/ (the) strength of
שֽׁוֹר	Shor	H7794	HNcmsa	an ox

Strong's References

H18 — אֵבוּס (ʼêbûwç, ay-booce'): from אָבַס (ʼâbaç) H75; a manger or stall; crib.
H504 — אֶלֶף (ʼeleph, eh'-lef): from אָלַף (ʼâlaph) H502; a family; also (from the sense of yoking or taming) an ox or cow; family, kine, oxen.
H1249 — בַּר (bar, bar): from בָּרַר (bârar) H1305 (in its various senses); beloved; also pure, empty; choice, clean, clear, pure.
H3581 — כֹּחַ (kôach, ko'-akh): or (Daniel 11:6) כּוֹחַ (kôwach); from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard; ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
H7230 — רֹב (rôb, robe): from רָבַב (râbab) H7231; abundance (in any respect); abundance(-antly), all, [idiom] common (sort), excellent, great(-ly, -ness, number), huge, be increased, long, many, more in number, most, much, multitude, plenty(-ifully), [idiom] very (age).
H7794 — שׁוֹר (shôwr, shore): from שׁוּר (shûwr) H7788; a bullock (as a traveller); bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for שׁוּר (shûwr) H7791).
H8393 — תְּבוּאָה (tᵉbûwʼâh, teb-oo-aw'): from בּוֹא (bôwʼ) H935; income, i.e. produce (literally or figuratively); fruit, gain, increase, revenue.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן (ʼayin) H370.

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