Parallel Verses

Amplified


Do not desire his delicacies,
For it is deceptive food [offered to you with questionable motives].

New American Standard Bible

Do not desire his delicacies,
For it is deceptive food.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

don’t desire his choice food,
for that food is deceptive.

International Standard Version

Don't crave his delicacies, because the meal is deceptive.

American Standard Version

Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.

Bible in Basic English

Have no desire for his delicate food, for it is the bread of deceit.

Darby Translation

Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not long for his dainties: and it is the bread of lies.

King James 2000

Be not desirous of his delicacies: for they are deceitful food.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not desire his delicacies, for it is food of deception.

Modern King James verseion

Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceitful food.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

and if thou wilt rule thy own self, be not over greedy of his meat, for meat beguileth and deceiveth.

NET Bible

Do not crave that ruler's delicacies, for that food is deceptive.

New Heart English Bible

Do not be desirous of his dainties, seeing they are deceitful food.

The Emphasized Bible

Do not crave his dainties, for, the same, are deceitful food.

Webster

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

World English Bible

Don't be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.

Youngs Literal Translation

Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it is lying food.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Be not desirous
אוה 
'avah 
Usage: 26

מטעמּה מטעם 
Mat`am 
Usage: 8

כּזב 
Kazab 
Usage: 30

References

Easton

Context Readings

Living With Your Neighbor

2
For you will put a knife to your throat
If you are a man of great appetite.
3 
Do not desire his delicacies,
For it is deceptive food [offered to you with questionable motives].
4
Do not weary yourself [with the overwhelming desire] to gain wealth;
Cease from your own understanding of it.



Cross References

Proverbs 23:6


Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;

Psalm 141:4


Do not incline my heart to [consent to or tolerate] any evil thing,
Or to practice deeds of wickedness
With men who plan and do evil;
And let me not eat of their delicacies (be tempted by their gain).

Daniel 1:8

But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile (taint, dishonor) himself with the king’s finest food or with the wine which the king drank; so he asked the commander of the officials that he might [be excused so that he would] not defile himself.

Luke 21:34

“But be on guard, so that your hearts are not weighed down and depressed with the giddiness of debauchery and the nausea of self-indulgence and the worldly worries of life, and then that day [when the Messiah returns] will not come on you suddenly like a trap;

Ephesians 4:22

that, regarding your previous way of life, you put off your old self [completely discard your former nature], which is being corrupted through deceitful desires,

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