Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
consider carefully what is before you,

New American Standard Bible

When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you,

King James Version

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

International Standard Version

Whenever you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully think about what is before you.

American Standard Version

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;

Amplified

When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is [set] before you;

Bible in Basic English

When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;

Darby Translation

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;

Julia Smith Translation

If thou shalt sit to eat with a ruler, understanding, thou shalt understand what is before thee.

King James 2000

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you:

Lexham Expanded Bible

When you sit to eat with a ruler, you shall surely observe what [is] before you,

Modern King James verseion

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, look carefully at what is before you;

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

When thou sittest at the table to eat with a lord, order thyself mannerly with the things that are set before thee.

NET Bible

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you,

New Heart English Bible

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

The Emphasized Bible

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, thou shall consider well, what is before thee;

Webster

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

World English Bible

When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;

Youngs Literal Translation

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which is before thee,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
When thou sittest
ישׁב 
Yashab 
Usage: 1081

to eat
לחם 
Lacham 
Usage: 177

with a ruler
משׁל 
Mashal 
Usage: 81

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Living With Your Neighbor

1 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
consider carefully what is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
if you have a big appetite;

Cross References

Genesis 43:32-34

They served him by himself, his brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who were eating with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, since that is abhorrent to them.

Jude 1:12

These are the ones who are like dangerous reefs at your love feasts. They feast with you, nurturing only themselves without fear. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn—fruitless, twice dead, pulled out by the roots;

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