Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,
New American Standard Bible
Or desire his delicacies;
King James Version
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
Holman Bible
and don’t desire his choice food,
International Standard Version
Don't consume food provided by a miserly person, and don't desire his delicacies,
American Standard Version
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:
Amplified
Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;
Bible in Basic English
Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
Darby Translation
Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not eat the bread of an evil eye, and ye shall not long for its dainties:
King James 2000
Eat not the bread of him that is stingy, neither desire you his delicacies:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies.
Modern King James verseion
Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his dainty foods;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Eat not thou with the envious, and desire not his meat,
NET Bible
Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;
New Heart English Bible
Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and do not crave his delicacies:
The Emphasized Bible
Do not eat the food of him that hath a begrudging eye, neither crave thou his dainties;
Webster
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:
World English Bible
Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living With Your Neighbor
5 For wealth maketh to itself wings, As an eagle it flieth to the heavens. 6 Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties, 7 For as he hath thought in his soul, so is he, 'Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart is not with thee.
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Cross References
Psalm 141:4
Incline not my heart to an evil thing, To do habitually actions in wickedness, With men working iniquity, Yea, I eat not of their pleasant things.
Deuteronomy 15:9
Take heed to thee lest there be a word in thy heart -- worthless, saying, Near is the seventh year, the year of release; and thine eye is evil against thy needy brother, and thou dost not give to him, and he hath called concerning thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee sin;
Proverbs 23:3
Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.
Deuteronomy 28:56
The tender woman in thee, and the delicate, who hath not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness -- her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter,
Proverbs 22:9
The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs 28:22
Troubled for wealth is the man with an evil eye, And he knoweth not that want doth meet him.
Daniel 1:8-10
And Daniel purposeth in his heart that he will not pollute himself with the king's portion of food, and with the wine of his drinking, and he seeketh of the chief of the eunuchs that he may not pollute himself.
Matthew 20:15
is it not lawful to me to do what I will in mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good?
Mark 7:22
thefts, covetous desires, wickedness, deceit, arrogance, an evil eye, evil speaking, pride, foolishness;