Moreover the profit of the land is for all; even the king is served from the field.

况且地的益处归众人，就是君王也受田地的供应。

况且地的益处归众人，就是君王也受田地的供应。

况且地的益处归众人，就是君王也受田地的供应。

况且，地的出产滋养万物，就是君王也需要从田地得到供应。

各人都从土地得着利益，就是君王也得到田地的供应。

各人都从这块地得好处，甚至君王也藉着这块地得益处。

況且地的益處歸眾人，就是君王也受田地的供應。

況且地的益處歸眾人，就是君王也受田地的供應。

況且地的益處歸眾人，就是君王也受田地的供應。

況且，地的出產滋養萬物，就是君王也需要從田地得到供應。

各人都從土地得著利益，就是君王也得到田地的供應。

但君王對國家、對有耕種之田地的、大體說來，總是有益處的。

各人都從這塊地得好處，甚至君王也藉著這塊地得益處。

且地利屬眾庶、即王亦受田疇之供、○

莫重乎農事、上下咸獲其利、

貪金者、有金亦不知足、好財者、財多亦不得益、此亦屬於虛、

The increase from the land is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

All of them take what the land produces. And the king himself takes his share from the fields.

But this is gain for a land in every way: a king committed to cultivated fields.

Even the king milks the land for his own profit!

The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field.

After all, a king who cultivates the field is beneficial to the land.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.

The profit from the land is taken by all; the king is served by the field.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king[ himself] is served by the field.

The produce of the land is seized by all of them, even the king is served by the fields.

Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.

He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, But he who follows frivolity will have poverty enough!

He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the service of man, That he may bring forth food from the earth,And wine that makes glad the heart of man, Oil to make his face shine, And bread which strengthens man’s heart.

The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’s; But the earth He has given to the children of men.

Much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, And for lack of justice there is waste.

And God said,“ See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which there is life, I have given every green herb for food”; and it was so.

Then to Adam He said,“ Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying,‘ You shall not eat of it’:“ Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field.In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”

He will appoint captains over his thousands and captains over his fifties, will set some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and some to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.And he will take the best of your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, and give them to his servants.He will take a tenth of your grain and your vintage, and give it to his officers and servants.And he will take your male servants, your female servants, your finest young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.He will take a tenth of your sheep. And you will be his servants.

Ezri the son of Chelub was over those who did the work of the field for tilling the ground.And Shimei the Ramathite was over the vineyards, and Zabdi the Shiphmite was over the produce of the vineyards for the supply of wine.Baal-Hanan the Gederite was over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the lowlands, and Joash was over the store of oil.And Shitrai the Sharonite was over the herds that fed in Sharon, and Shaphat the son of Adlai was over the herds that were in the valleys.Obil the Ishmaelite was over the camels, Jehdeiah the Meronothite was over the donkeys,and Jaziz the Hagrite was over the flocks. All these were the officials over King David’s property.

Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, And attend to your herds;For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations.When the hay is removed, and the tender grass shows itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in,The lambs will provide your clothing, And the goats the price of a field;You shall have enough goats’ milk for your food, For the food of your household, And the nourishment of your maidservants.

And Solomon had twelve governors over all Israel, who provided food for the king and his household; each one made provision for one month of the year.These are their names: Ben-Hur, in the mountains of Ephraim;Ben-Deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan;Ben-Hesed, in Arubboth; to him belonged Sochoh and all the land of Hepher;Ben-Abinadab, in all the regions of Dor; he had Taphath the daughter of Solomon as wife;Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth Shean, which is beside Zaretan below Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Meholah, as far as the other side of Jokneam;Ben-Geber, in Ramoth Gilead; to him belonged the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, in Gilead; to him also belonged the region of Argob in Bashan— sixty large cities with walls and bronze gate-bars;Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim;Ahimaaz, in Naphtali; he also took Basemath the daughter of Solomon as wife;Baanah the son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar;Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin;Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan. He was the only governor who was in the land.Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.So Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.Now Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour, sixty kors of meal,ten fatted oxen, twenty oxen from the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.

As for me, I will indeed dwell at Mizpah and serve the Chaldeans who come to us. But you, gather wine and summer fruit and oil, put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken.”Likewise, when all the Jews who were in Moab, among the Ammonites, in Edom, and who were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,then all the Jews returned out of all places where they had been driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruit in abundance.