Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
The full soul will tread down the honey droppings, and to the hungry soul all bitter is sweet
New American Standard Bible
But to a famished
King James Version
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Holman Bible
but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet.
International Standard Version
The person who is full spurns honey, but to a hungry person even the bitter seems sweet.
A Conservative Version
The full soul loathes a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
American Standard Version
The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Amplified
He who is satisfied loathes honey,
But to the hungry soul any bitter thing is sweet.
Bible in Basic English
The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.
Darby Translation
The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
King James 2000
The full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Lexham Expanded Bible
An {appetite} that is sated spurns honey, but [to] an {appetite} that is ravenous, all bitterness [is] sweet.
Modern King James verseion
The full soul despises a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that is full, abhorreth a honeycomb; but unto him that is hungry, every sour thing is sweet.
NET Bible
The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.
New Heart English Bible
A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
The Emphasized Bible
The surfeited soul, trampleth upon droppings from the comb, but, to the hungry soul, every bitter thing, is sweet.
Webster
The full soul lotheth a honey-comb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
World English Bible
A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
Youngs Literal Translation
A satiated soul treadeth down a honeycomb, And to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Interlinear
References
American
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 27:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Life
6 Faithful the wounds of a friend; and abundant the kisses of an enemy. 7 The full soul will tread down the honey droppings, and to the hungry soul all bitter is sweet 8 As the bird wandering from her nest, so is a man wandering from his place.
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Cross References
Numbers 11:4-9
And the scraped together which in its midst will long a longing; and the sons of Israel also will turn back and weep, and they will say, Who will feed us with flesh?
Numbers 11:18-20
And thou shalt say to the people, Be ye consecrated for the morrow, and ye ate flesh: for ye wept in the ears of Jehovah, saying, Who shall feed us with flesh? for it was good to us in Egypt; and Jehovah gave to you flesh, and ye ate.
Numbers 21:5
And the people will speak against God, and against Moses, For what brought ye us up from Egypt to die in the desert? for no bread, and no water; and our soul loathed upon this light bread.
Job 6:7
My soul refused to touch these as the loathsomeness of my bread.
Luke 15:16-17
And he eagerly desired to fill his belly with the fruits of the horntree which the swine ate: and none gave to him.
John 6:9
There is one little boy here, who has five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are these among so many?