Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
and you shall put a knife to your throat if you have a {big appetite}.
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.
Bible in Basic English
And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
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.
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 sit to eat with a ruler, you shall surely observe what [is] before you, 2 and you shall put a knife to your throat if you have a {big appetite}. 3 Do not desire his delicacies, for it is food of deception.
Cross References
Matthew 18:8-9
And if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw [it] from you! It is better for you to enter into life crippled or lame than, having two hands or two feet, to be thrown into the eternal fire!
1 Corinthians 9:27
But I discipline my body and subjugate [it], lest somehow [after] preaching to others, myself should become disqualified.
Philippians 3:19
whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is] the stomach, and [whose] glory [is] in their shame, the ones who think on earthly things.