Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Yes, the
King James Version
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Holman Bible
and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;
International Standard Version
My son, eat honey, because it's good for you; indeed, drippings from the honeycomb are sweet to your taste;
A Conservative Version
My son, eat thou honey, for it is good, and the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste,
American Standard Version
My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste:
Amplified
My son, eat honey, because it is good,
And the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
Bible in Basic English
My son, take honey, for it is good; and the flowing honey, which is sweet to your taste:
Darby Translation
Eat honey, my son, for it is good; and a honeycomb is sweet to thy taste:
Julia Smith Translation
My son, eat honey, for it is good; and the dropping of honey being sweet to thy palate.
King James 2000
My son, eat honey because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste:
Lexham Expanded Bible
My child, eat honey, for [it is] good, and the dripping of the honeycomb [is] sweet to your taste.
Modern King James verseion
My son, eat honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
My son, thou eatest honey and the sweet honeycomb, because it is good and sweet in thy mouth.
NET Bible
Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
New Heart English Bible
My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:
The Emphasized Bible
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good, - and droppings from the comb because they are sweet to thy palate:
Webster
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honey-comb, which is sweet to thy taste:
World English Bible
My son, eat honey, for it is good; the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:
Youngs Literal Translation
Eat my son, honey that is good, And the honeycomb -- sweet to thy palate.
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
12
if thou should say, Behold, we knew it not; shall not he that weighs the hearts understand it? and he that keeps thy soul, does he not know it? and shall he not render to every man according to his works?
13
Yes, the
Cross References
Song of Songs 5:1
I came into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh and my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk: eat, O friends; drink, beloved, drink abundantly.
Proverbs 25:16
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Isaiah 7:15
He shall eat butter and honey that he may know to refuse the evil and choose the good.
Psalm 19:10
More to be desired are they than gold, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
Psalm 119:103
How sweet have been thy spoken words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey, so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Song of Songs 4:11
Thy lips, O my spouse, drip as the honeycomb; honey and milk are under thy tongue, and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Matthew 3:4
And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.