Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
If you find some honey, eat only what you need. Take too much, and you'll vomit.
New American Standard Bible
That you not have it in excess and vomit it.
King James Version
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Holman Bible
otherwise, you’ll get sick from it and vomit.
A Conservative Version
Have thou found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.
American Standard Version
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
Amplified
Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as you need,
Otherwise, being filled excessively, you vomit it.
Bible in Basic English
If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down.
Darby Translation
Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou didst find honey; eat thy sufficiency, lest thou shalt be satiated, and thou vomit it forth.
King James 2000
Have you found honey? eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled with it, and vomit it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[If] you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.
Modern King James verseion
Have you found honey? Eat only as much as is enough for you, lest you be filled with it and vomit it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If thou findest honey, eat so much as is sufficient for thee; lest thou be overfull, and parbreak it out again.
NET Bible
When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.
New Heart English Bible
Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
The Emphasized Bible
Honey having found, eat to suffice thee, lest thou loathe it, and vomit it forth.
Webster
Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.
World English Bible
Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
Youngs Literal Translation
Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated with it, and hast vomited it.
Themes
Honey » Moderation needful in the use of
Social duties » Temperance pr 23; isa 5; 28; da 1 » General references to
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 25:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
More Proverbs Of Solomon
15 Through patience a ruler may be persuaded; a gentle word can break a bone. 16 If you find some honey, eat only what you need. Take too much, and you'll vomit. 17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor's home; otherwise, he'll grow weary and hate you.
Cross References
Proverbs 25:27
To eat too much honey isn't good; and neither is it honorable to seek one's own glory.
Judges 14:8-9
When he came back later to marry her, he turned aside to observe the lion's carcass. Amazingly, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, complete with honey.
1 Samuel 14:25-27
Later on, all the soldiers entered the woods, and there was honey on the ground.
Proverbs 23:8
You'll vomit up what little you've eaten, and your compliments will have been wasted.
Proverbs 24:13-14
My son, eat honey, because it's good for you; indeed, drippings from the honeycomb are sweet to your taste;
Isaiah 7:15
He'll eat cheese and honey, when he knows enough to reject what's wrong and choose what's right.
Isaiah 7:22
and because of the abundance of milk that they give, he will have cheese to eat, since whoever remains in the land will be eating cheese and honey.
Luke 21:34
"Constantly be on your guard so that your hearts will not be loaded down with self-indulgence, drunkenness, and the worries of this life, or that day will take you by surprise
Ephesians 5:18
Stop getting drunk with wine, which leads to wild living, but keep on being filled with the Spirit.