Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He that is full, abhorreth a honeycomb; but unto him that is hungry, every sour thing 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.
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.
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 are the wounds of a lover, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 7 He that is full, abhorreth a honeycomb; but unto him that is hungry, every sour thing is sweet. 8 He that oft times flitteth, is like a bird that forsaketh her nest.
Names
Cross References
Numbers 11:4-9
And the rascal people that was among them fell a lusting. And the children of Israel also went to, and wept, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Numbers 11:18-20
And say unto the people, 'Hallow your selves against tomorrow, that ye may eat flesh, for ye have whined in the ears of the LORD saying: Who shall give us flesh to eat? For we were happy when we were in Egypt! Therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
Numbers 21:5
And the people spake against God and against Moses, "Wherefore hast thou brought us out of Egypt, for to die in the wilderness? For here is neither bread nor water, and our souls loatheth this light bread."
Job 6:7
The things that sometime I might not away withal, are now my meat for very sorrow.
Luke 15:16-17
And he would fain have filled his belly with the cods, that the swine ate: and no man gave him.
John 6:9
"There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what is that among so many?"