Proverbs 23:1

When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

2 And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

3 Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

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

    And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

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  • Jude 1:12

    These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

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