Proverbs 27:7
5 Better an open rebuke than love that is concealed.
6 The wounds of a friend are faithful, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.
8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
9 Oil and incense bring joy to the heart, and the sweetness of a friend is counsel to the soul.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.
- KJV
- The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
- WEB
- A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.
- ASV
- The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
- DARBY
- The full soul trampleth on a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
- BLB
- A soul satiated would trample a honeycomb, and [to] a hungry soul, everything bitter [is] sweet.
- ÅB
- Den mette vraker honning, men for den sultne er alt bittert søtt.
- OTB
- En person som er mett forakter honning, men for den sultne smaker selv det bitre søtt.
- B1930
- Den mette vraker honning, men for den sultne er alt bittert søtt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 15:16–17
He longed to fill his belly with the pods the pigs were eating, but no one would give him a thing.
Read in contextNumbers 21:5
and spoke against God and against Moses: “Why have you led us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food!”
Read in contextNumbers 11:18–20
And say to the people: Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, because you have cried out in the hearing of the LORD, saying: ‘Who will feed us meat? For we were better off in Egypt!’ Therefore the LORD will give you meat, and you will eat.
Read in contextNumbers 11:4–9
Meanwhile, the rabble among them had a strong craving for other food, and again the Israelites wept and said, “Who will feed us meat?
Read in contextJohn 6:9
“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
Read in contextJob 6:7
My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
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