Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
My son, eat honey, for it is good; and the dropping of honey being 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:
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 shalt say, Behold, we knew not this; will not he trying hearts, understand? and he guarding thy soul, knew? and he turned back to man according to his work. 13 My son, eat honey, for it is good; and the dropping of honey being sweet to thy palate. 14 So the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul if thou shalt find: and there is a latter state and thine expectation shall not be cut off.
Cross References
Song of Songs 5:1
I Came to my garden, my sister, O spouse: I gathered my myrrh with my spices; I ate my droppings with my honey; I drank my wine with my milk: Eat, O friends; drink ye, and drink to the full, O beloved ones.
Proverbs 25:16
Thou didst find honey; eat thy sufficiency, lest thou shalt be satiated, and thou vomit it forth.
Isaiah 7:15
Curdled milk and honey he shall eat, for his knowing to reject in evil, and to choose in good.
Psalm 19:10
Being desirable above gold, and above much pure gold, and being sweet above honey, and the dropping of honey-combs.
Psalm 119:103
How smooth were thy words to my palate I more than honey to my mouth!
Proverbs 25:27
To eat much honey is not good: and to seek out their honor, not honor.
Song of Songs 4:11
Thy lips will drop honey droppings, O bride: honey and milk under thy tongue, and the odor of thy garments as the odor of Lebanon.
Matthew 3:4
And this John had his garment from camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins, and his food was locusts and wild honey.