Parallel Verses

Webster

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honey-comb, which is sweet to thy taste:

New American Standard Bible

My son, eat honey, for it is good,
Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste;

King James Version

My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:

Holman Bible

Eat honey, my son, for it is good,
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:

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
eat
אכל 
'akal 
Usage: 809

thou honey
דּבשׁ 
D@bash 
Usage: 54

and the honeycomb
נפת 
Nopheth 
Usage: 5

מתוּק מתוק 
Mathowq 
Usage: 12

References

Easton

Hastings

Context Readings

Learning From Your Father

12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and will not he render to every man according to his works? 13 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honey-comb, which is sweet to thy taste: 14 So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.



Cross References

Song of Songs 5:1

I have come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh, with my spice; I have eaten my honey-comb with my honey; I have drank my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.

Proverbs 25:16

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.

Isaiah 7:15

Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

Psalm 19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honey-comb.

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are thy words to my taste! yes, 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, drop as the honey-comb; 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.

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