Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite.
New American Standard Bible
If you are a
King James Version
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Holman Bible
if you have a big
American Standard Version
And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
Amplified
For you will put a knife to your throat
If you are a man of great appetite.
Bible in Basic English
And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
Darby Translation
and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Julia Smith Translation
And put a knife to thy swallow if thou the possessor of a soul.
King James 2000
And put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and you shall put a knife to your throat if you have a {big appetite}.
Modern King James verseion
and put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Measure thine appetite:
NET Bible
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.
New Heart English Bible
put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
The Emphasized Bible
And shalt put a knife to thy throat, if, of great appetite, thou art:
Webster
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou art a man given to appetite.
World English Bible
put a knife to your throat, if you are a man given to appetite.
Youngs Literal Translation
And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou art a man of appetite.
Themes
Appetites » The power of appetite
Consideration » What to consider
the Diet of the jews » Of the rich, luxurious
Eating » Admonitions concerning eating
Food » Grace before » Admonitions concerning eating
Food » Of the worldly soul » Deceitful
Guest » Rules for the conduct of
Power » Spiritual, general references to » Of appetite
Self-denial » Should be exercised in » Controlling the appetite
Social duties » Temperance pr 23; isa 5; 28; da 1 » General references to
Temperance » Drunkards examples of » In eating
Temperance » Pr 23; isa 5; 28; da 1 » General references to
Temperance » In relation to food in relation to speech » Appetites to be restrained
Interlinear
References
Easton
Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living With Your Neighbor
1 Whenever you sit down to dine with a ruler, carefully think about what is before you. 2 Put a knife to your own throat, if you have a big appetite. 3 Don't crave his delicacies, because the meal is deceptive.
Cross References
Matthew 18:8-9
"So if your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life injured or crippled than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire.
1 Corinthians 9:27
No, I keep on disciplining my body, making it serve me so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified.
Philippians 3:19
Their destiny is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on worldly things.