Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and don’t desire his choice food,
New American Standard Bible
Or desire his delicacies;
King James Version
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
International Standard Version
Don't consume food provided by a miserly person, and don't desire his delicacies,
American Standard Version
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, Neither desire thou his dainties:
Amplified
Do not eat the bread of a selfish man,
Or desire his delicacies;
Bible in Basic English
Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:
Darby Translation
Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou shalt not eat the bread of an evil eye, and ye shall not long for its dainties:
King James 2000
Eat not the bread of him that is stingy, neither desire you his delicacies:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not eat the bread of {the stingy}, and do not desire his delicacies.
Modern King James verseion
Do not eat the bread of him who has an evil eye, nor desire his dainty foods;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Eat not thou with the envious, and desire not his meat,
NET Bible
Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies;
New Heart English Bible
Do not eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and do not crave his delicacies:
The Emphasized Bible
Do not eat the food of him that hath a begrudging eye, neither crave thou his dainties;
Webster
Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:
World English Bible
Don't eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don't crave his delicacies:
Youngs Literal Translation
Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,
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Word Count of 19 Translations in Proverbs 23:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Living With Your Neighbor
5
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.
and don’t desire his choice food,
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 141:4
or perform wicked acts
with men who commit sin.
Do not let me feast on their delicacies.
Deuteronomy 15:9
Be careful that there isn’t this wicked thought in your heart, ‘The seventh year, the year of canceling debts, is near,’ and you are stingy toward your poor brother and give him nothing. He will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty.
Proverbs 23:3
for that food is deceptive.
Deuteronomy 28:56
The most sensitive and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her refinement and sensitivity, will begrudge the husband she embraces, her son, and her daughter,
Proverbs 22:9
for he shares his food with the poor.
Proverbs 28:22
he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him.
Daniel 1:8-10
Daniel determined that he would not defile himself with the king’s food
Matthew 20:15
Mark 7:22