Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Eat my son, honey that is good, And the honeycomb -- 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:
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:
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 24:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Learning From Your Father
12 When thou sayest, 'Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work. 13 Eat my son, honey that is good, And the honeycomb -- sweet to thy palate. 14 So is the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.
Cross References
Song of Songs 5:1
I have come in to my garden, my sister-spouse, I have plucked my myrrh with my spice, I have eaten my comb with my honey, I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, drink, Yea, drink abundantly, O beloved ones!
Proverbs 25:16
Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated with it, and hast vomited it.
Isaiah 7:15
Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good.
Psalm 19:10
They are more desirable than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey, Even liquid honey of the comb.
Psalm 119:103
How sweet to my palate hath been Thy saying, Above honey to my mouth.
Proverbs 25:27
The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.
Song of Songs 4:11
Thy lips drop honey, O spouse, Honey and milk are under thy tongue, And the fragrance of thy garments Is as the fragrance of Lebanon.
Matthew 3:4
And this John had his clothing of camel's hair, and a girdle of skin round his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and honey of the field.