Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated with it, and hast vomited it.
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.
NET Bible
When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.
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.
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 By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone. 16 Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated with it, and hast vomited it. 17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house, Lest he be satiated with thee, and have hated thee.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:27
The eating of much honey is not good, Nor a searching out of one's own honour -- honour.
Judges 14:8-9
and he turneth back after some days to take her, and turneth aside to see the carcase of the lion, and lo, a company of bees are in the body of the lion -- and honey.
1 Samuel 14:25-27
And all they of the land have come into a forest, and there is honey on the face of the field;
Proverbs 23:8
Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that are sweet.
Proverbs 24:13-14
Eat my son, honey that is good, And the honeycomb -- sweet to thy palate.
Isaiah 7:15
Butter and honey he doth eat, When he knoweth to refuse evil, and to fix on good.
Isaiah 7:22
And it hath come to pass, From the abundance of the yielding of milk he eateth butter, For butter and honey doth every one eat Who is left in the heart of the land.
Luke 21:34
'And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts may be weighed down with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and anxieties of life, and suddenly that day may come on you,
Ephesians 5:18
and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,