4 Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.
4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
4 No cattle, no crops; a good harvest requires a strong ox for the plow.
4 Where no oxen are, the trough is clean; But much increase comes by the strength of an ox.
4 Without oxen a stable stays clean, but you need a strong ox for a large harvest.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 14:4
Commentary on Proverbs 14:4
(Read Proverbs 14:4)
There can be no advantage without something which, though of little moment, will affright the indolent.