Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
My son, eat thou honey, because it is good, - and droppings from the comb because they are sweet to thy palate:
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:
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 Though thou say, Lo! we knew not this, Shall not, he that proveth hearts, himself, discern? And, he that formeth thy soul, himself, know? and bring back to a son of earth according to his deed? 13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good, - and droppings from the comb because they are sweet to thy palate: 14 Thus, take knowledge of wisdom, for thine own soul; If thou find it, then there is a future, and, thine expectation, shall not be cut off.
Cross References
Song of Songs 5:1
HEI have entered my garden, my sister, bride, I have plucked my myrrh, with my balsam, I have eaten the honey of my thicket, I have drunk my wine, with my milk: - Eat ye, O friends, Drink, yea drink abundantly, ye beloved!
Proverbs 25:16
Honey having found, eat to suffice thee, lest thou loathe it, and vomit it forth.
Isaiah 7:15
Curds and honey, shall he eat, by the time that he knoweth to refuse the bad and choose the good;
Psalm 19:10
More desirable, than gold, yea than much fine gold, Sweeter, also than honey, or than droppings from the comb.
Psalm 119:103
How smooth to my palate is thy speech, More than honey, to my mouth.
Proverbs 25:27
To eat honey in abundance, is not good, nor is, searching out their own honour, an honourable thing.
Song of Songs 4:11
With sweetness, thy lips do drip, O bride, - Honey and milk, are under thy tongue, and, the fragrance of thy garments, is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
Matthew 3:4
But John, himself, had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, - while, his food, was locusts and wild honey.