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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Proverbs 23:8
The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.
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Christian Standard Bible®
You will vomit the little you’ve eatenand waste your pleasant words.
You will vomit the little you’ve eatenand waste your pleasant words.
Hebrew Names Version
The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, And lose your good words.
The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, And lose your good words.
King James Version
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
English Standard Version
You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.
You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.
New American Standard Bible
You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten And waste your compliments.
You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten And waste your compliments.
New Century Version
You will throw up the little you have eaten, and you will have wasted your kind words.
You will throw up the little you have eaten, and you will have wasted your kind words.
Amplified Bible
The morsel which you have eaten you will vomit up, And you will waste your compliments.
The morsel which you have eaten you will vomit up, And you will waste your compliments.
World English Bible
The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, And lose your good words.
The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, And lose your good words.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete wordes.
Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete wordes.
Legacy Standard Bible
You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten,And you will corrupt your pleasant words.
You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten,And you will corrupt your pleasant words.
Berean Standard Bible
You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
You will vomit up what little you have eaten and waste your pleasant words.
Contemporary English Version
Each bite will come back up, and all your kind words will be wasted.
Each bite will come back up, and all your kind words will be wasted.
Complete Jewish Bible
The little you eat you will vomit up, and your compliments will have been wasted.
The little you eat you will vomit up, and your compliments will have been wasted.
Darby Translation
Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.
Thy morsel which thou hast eaten must thou vomit up, and thou wilt have wasted thy sweet words.
Easy-to-Read Version
And if you eat their food, you will get sick and be embarrassed.
And if you eat their food, you will get sick and be embarrassed.
George Lamsa Translation
The morsel which you have eaten you will vomit up, and you will lose your sweet words.
The morsel which you have eaten you will vomit up, and you will lose your sweet words.
Good News Translation
You will vomit up what you have eaten, and all your flattery will be wasted.
You will vomit up what you have eaten, and all your flattery will be wasted.
Lexham English Bible
Your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up, and you will waste your pleasant words.
Your morsel you have eaten, you will vomit it up, and you will waste your pleasant words.
Literal Translation
You shall vomit the bit you have eaten and spoil your pleasant words.
You shall vomit the bit you have eaten and spoil your pleasant words.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yee ye morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou perbreake, and lese those swete wordes.
Yee ye morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou perbreake, and lese those swete wordes.
American Standard Version
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
King James Version (1611)
The morsell which thou hast eaten, shalt thou vomite vp, and loose thy sweete words.
The morsell which thou hast eaten, shalt thou vomite vp, and loose thy sweete words.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreake, and loose those sweete wordes.
The morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreake, and loose those sweete wordes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
for he will vomit it up, and spoil thy fair words.
for he will vomit it up, and spoil thy fair words.
English Revised Version
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou schalt brake out the metis, whiche thou hast ete; and thou schalt leese thi faire wordis.
Thou schalt brake out the metis, whiche thou hast ete; and thou schalt leese thi faire wordis.
Update Bible Version
The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, And lose your sweet words.
The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, And lose your sweet words.
Webster's Bible Translation
The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
The morsel [which] thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.
New English Translation
you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.
you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.
New King James Version
The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up, And waste your pleasant words.
The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up, And waste your pleasant words.
New Living Translation
You will throw up what little you've eaten, and your compliments will be wasted.
You will throw up what little you've eaten, and your compliments will be wasted.
New Life Bible
You will spit up the piece of food you have eaten, and waste your good words.
You will spit up the piece of food you have eaten, and waste your good words.
New Revised Standard
You will vomit up the little you have eaten, and you will waste your pleasant words.
You will vomit up the little you have eaten, and you will waste your pleasant words.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
As for thy morsel thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit it, so shalt thou waste thy things so sweet.
As for thy morsel thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit it, so shalt thou waste thy things so sweet.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt vomit up: and shalt lose thy beautiful words.
The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt vomit up: and shalt lose thy beautiful words.
Revised Standard Version
You will vomit up the morsels which you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.
You will vomit up the morsels which you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.
Young's Literal Translation
Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that [are] sweet.
Thy morsel thou hast eaten thou dost vomit up, And hast marred thy words that [are] sweet.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten, And waste your compliments.
You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten, And waste your compliments.
Contextual Overview
6 Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat: 7 For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you. 8 The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: Judges 16:10 - now tell me Job 20:15 - swallowed Proverbs 25:16 - lest
Cross-References
Genesis 23:1
Now the years of Sarah's life were a hundred and twenty-seven.
Now the years of Sarah's life were a hundred and twenty-seven.
Genesis 23:2
And Sarah's death took place in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan: and Abraham went into his house, weeping and sorrowing for Sarah.
And Sarah's death took place in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan: and Abraham went into his house, weeping and sorrowing for Sarah.
Genesis 23:3
And Abraham came from his dead and said to the children of Heth,
And Abraham came from his dead and said to the children of Heth,
Genesis 23:4
I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest.
I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest.
Genesis 25:9
And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, put him to rest in the hollow rock of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, near Mamre;
And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, put him to rest in the hollow rock of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, near Mamre;
1 Kings 2:17
Then he said, Will you go to Solomon the king (for he will not say, No, to you) and put before him my request that he will give me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife?
Then he said, Will you go to Solomon the king (for he will not say, No, to you) and put before him my request that he will give me Abishag the Shunammite for a wife?
Hebrews 7:26
It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:
It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The morsel [which] thou hast eaten, shalt thou vomit up,.... It shall turn in thy stomach, thou shall not be able to keep it, when thou understandest thou art not welcome; or thou wilt wish thou hadst never eaten a bit, or that thou couldest vomit up what thou hast; so disagreeable is the thought of being unwelcome, or when this appears to be the case;
and lose thy sweet words; expressed in thankfulness to the master of the feast, in praise of his food, in pleasantry with him, and the other guests at table; all which are repented of when a man finds he is not welcome.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 23:8. The morsel which thou hast eaten — On reflection thou wilt even blame thyself for having accepted his invitation.
