Proverbs 23:1
When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
3 Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
- KJV
- When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
- WEB
- When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you;
- ASV
- When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Consider diligently him that is before thee;
- DARBY
- When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;
- BLB
- When you sit down to eat with a ruler, discern carefully what is before your face,
- ÅB
- Når du sitter til bords med en fyrste, da skal du nøye akte på hvem du har for deg,
- OTB
- Når du sitter til bords med en hersker, vær nøye med hva som settes foran deg,
- B1930
- Når du sitter til bords med en fyrste, da skal du nøie akte på hvem du har for dig,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Genesis 43:32–34
They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.
Read in contextJude 1:12
These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
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