Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
An {appetite} that is sated spurns honey, but [to] an {appetite} that is ravenous, all bitterness [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.
Julia Smith Translation
The full soul will tread down the honey droppings, and to the hungry soul all bitter is sweet
King James 2000
The full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing 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 The wounds of a friend mean well, but the kisses of an enemy are profane. 7 An {appetite} that is sated spurns honey, but [to] an {appetite} that is ravenous, all bitterness [is] sweet. 8 Like a bird that strays from its nest, so is a man who strays from his place.
Names
Cross References
Numbers 11:4-9
The riff-raff that [were] in their midst {had a strong desire}; and the {Israelites} turned back and also wept, and they said, "Who will feed us meat?
Numbers 11:18-20
And you will say to the people, 'Sanctify yourselves tomorrow, for you will eat meat because you have wept in the ears of Yahweh, saying, "Who will feed us good meat? [It was] good for us in Egypt." Yahweh will give to you meat, and you will eat.
Numbers 21:5
The people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us from Egypt to die in the desert? There is no food and no water, and our hearts detest [this] miserable food."
Job 6:7
{I refused} to touch [them]; they [are] like {food that will make me ill}.
Luke 15:16-17
And he was longing to fill his stomach with the carob pods that the pigs were eating, and no one was giving [anything] to him.
John 6:9
"Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many [people]?"