Parallel Verses
NET Bible
When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.
New American Standard Bible
That you not have it in excess and vomit it.
King James Version
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Holman Bible
otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.
International Standard Version
If you find some honey, eat only what you need. Take too much, and you'll vomit.
A Conservative Version
Have thou found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.
American Standard Version
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Amplified
Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as you need,
Otherwise, being filled excessively, you vomit it.
Bible in Basic English
If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.
Darby Translation
Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou didst find honey; eat thy sufficiency, lest thou shalt be satiated, and thou vomit it forth.
King James 2000
Have you found honey? eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled with it, and vomit it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[If] you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.
Modern King James verseion
Have you found honey? Eat only as much as is enough for you, lest you be filled with it and vomit it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If thou findest honey, eat so much as is sufficient for thee; lest thou be overfull, and parbreak it out again.
New Heart English Bible
Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
The Emphasized Bible
Honey having found, eat to suffice thee, lest thou loathe it, and vomit it forth.
Webster
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.
World English Bible
Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
Youngs Literal Translation
Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated with it, and hast vomited it.
Themes
Honey » Moderation needful in the use of
Social duties » Temperance pr 23; isa 5; 28; da 1 » General references to
Temperance » Pr 23; isa 5; 28; da 1 » General references to
Temperance » In relation to food in relation to speech » Appetites to be restrained
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 25:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Proverbs Of Solomon
15 Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break a bone. 16 When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up. 17 Don't set foot too frequently in your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and hate you.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory.
Judges 14:8-9
Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to see the lion's remains. He saw a swarm of bees in the lion's carcass, as well as some honey.
1 Samuel 14:25-27
Now the whole army entered the forest and there was honey on the ground.
Proverbs 23:8
you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.
Proverbs 24:13-14
Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste.
Isaiah 7:15
He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right.
Isaiah 7:22
From the abundance of milk they produce, he will have sour milk for his meals. Indeed, everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey.
Luke 21:34
"But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap.
Ephesians 5:18
And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit,