Proverbs 23:2
1 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
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.
4 Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
- KJV
- And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
- WEB
- put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
- ASV
- And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
- DARBY
- and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
- BLB
- and put a knife to your throat if you are an owner of an appetite.
- ÅB
- og sette en kniv på din strupe, hvis du er grådig.
- OTB
- og sett en kniv på strupen hvis du er tilbøyelig til stor appetitt.
- B1930
- og sette en kniv på din strupe, hvis du er grådig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Philippians 3:19
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
Read in contextMatthew 18:8–9
Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
Read in context1 Corinthians 9:27
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
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