Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
New American Standard Bible
If you are a
King James Version
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Holman Bible
if you have a big
International Standard Version
Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite.
American Standard Version
And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
Amplified
For you will put a knife to your throat
If you are a man of great appetite.
Darby Translation
and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Julia Smith Translation
And put a knife to thy swallow if thou the possessor of a soul.
King James 2000
And put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and you shall put a knife to your throat if you have a {big appetite}.
Modern King James verseion
and put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Measure thine appetite:
NET Bible
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.
New Heart English Bible
put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
The Emphasized Bible
And shalt put a knife to thy throat, if, of great appetite, thou art:
Webster
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou art a man given to appetite.
World English Bible
put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
Youngs Literal Translation
And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.
Themes
Appetites » The power of appetite
Consideration » What to consider
the Diet of the jews » Of the rich, luxurious
Eating » Admonitions concerning eating
Food » Grace before » Admonitions concerning eating
Food » Of the worldly soul » Deceitful
Guest » Rules for the conduct of
Power » Spiritual, general references to » Of appetite
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Controlling the appetite
Social duties » Temperance pr 23; isa 5; 28; da 1 » General references to
Temperance » Drunkards examples of » In eating
Temperance » Pr 23; isa 5; 28; da 1 » General references to
Temperance » In relation to food in relation to speech » Appetites to be restrained
Interlinear
References
Easton
Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living With Your Neighbor
1 When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you; 2 And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food. 3 Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.
Cross References
Matthew 18:8-9
And if your hand or your foot is a cause of trouble, let it be cut off and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to go into the eternal fire.
1 Corinthians 9:27
But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.
Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.