Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

A sated man loathes honey,
But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.

King James Version

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Holman Bible

A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb,
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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׂבע 
 
Usage: 10

נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
Usage: 753
Usage: 753

בּוּס 
Buwc 
Usage: 12

נפת 
Nopheth 
Usage: 5

but to the hungry
רעב 
Ra`eb 
Usage: 19

References

American

Context Readings

All About Life

6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 7 A sated man loathes honey,
But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.
8 As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who wanders from his place.

Cross References

Numbers 11:4-9

Some foreigners among the Israelites had a strong craving for other kinds of food. Even the Israelites cried again and said: If only we had meat to eat!

Numbers 11:18-20

Tell the people: 'Purify yourselves for tomorrow. You will have meat to eat! Jehovah has heard you whining and saying that you wished you had some meat and that you were better off in Egypt. Jehovah will now give you meat, and you will have to eat it.

Numbers 21:5

and criticized God and Moses. They said: Why did you make us leave Egypt only to let us die in the desert? There is no bread or water, and we cannot stand this awful food!

Job 6:7

I refuse to touch it! This repugnant food makes me ill.

Luke 15:16-17

He wanted to eat the Carob bean pods the pigs ate, but no one gave him anything to eat.

John 6:9

There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish. What are these among so many?

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