the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Brenton's Septuagint
Proverbs 23:2
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and put a knife to your throatif you have a big appetite;
Put a knife to your throat, If you are a man given to appetite.
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite.
And put a knife to your throat If you are a person of great appetite.
Control yourself if you have a big appetite.
For you will put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite.
Put a knife to your throat, If you are a man given to appetite.
And put the knife to thy throte, if thou be a man giuen to the appetite.
So you should put a knife to your throatIf you are a man of appetite.
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a great appetite.
Don't go and stuff yourself! That would be just the same as cutting your throat.
If you have a big appetite, put a knife to your throat!
and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
Never eat too much, even if you are very hungry.
That you may not put poison in your mouth. And if you are a man given to excessive appetite,
If you have a big appetite, restrain yourself.
and you shall put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.
and put a knife to your throat if you are an owner of an appetite.
that are set before ye Measure thine appetite:
And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.
And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
And put a knife to thy throate, if thou be a man giuen to appetite.
Measure thyne appetite if it be gredyly set.
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
and sette thou a withholding in thi throte. If netheles thou hast power on thi soule,
And put a knife to your throat, If you are a man given to appetite.
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou [art] a man given to appetite.
and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite.
And put a knife to your throat If you are a man given to appetite.
If you are a big eater, put a knife to your throat;
Put a knife to your neck if you are a man who is given to much eating.
and put a knife to your throat if you have a big appetite.
And shalt put a knife to thy throat, if, of great appetite, thou art:
And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power.
and put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.
And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou [art] a man of appetite.
And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Matthew 18:8, Matthew 18:9, 1 Corinthians 9:27, Philippians 3:19
Reciprocal: Genesis 27:14 - mother Proverbs 12:27 - slothful
Cross-References
And Abram having removed his tent, came and dwelt by the oak of Mambre, which was in Chebrom, and he there built an altar to the Lord.
But Ephron answered Abraam, saying,
Nay, my lord, I have heard indeed, the land is worth four hundred silver didrachms, but what can this be between me and thee? nay, do thou bury thy dead.
And Abraam hearkened to Ephron, and Abraam rendered to Ephron the money, which he mentioned in the ears of the sons of Chet, four hundred didrachms of silver approved with merchants.
to Abraam for a possession, before the sons of Chet, and all that entered into the city.
After this Abraam buried Sarrha his wife in the Double Cave of the field, which is opposite Mambre, this is Chebron in the land of Chanaan.
And Esau was angry with Jacob because of the blessing, with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his mind, Let the days of my father’s mourning draw nigh, that I may slay my brother Jacob.
And they came to the threshing-floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan; and they bewailed him with a great and very sore lamentation; and he made a mourning for his father seven days.
And they went up and surveyed the land from the wilderness of Sin to Rhoob, as men go in to Æmath.
And all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead: and they wept for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And put a knife to thy throat,.... Refrain from too much talk at the table; give not too loose to thy tongue, but bridle it, considering in whose presence thou art; do not use too much freedom, either with the ruler or fellow guests; which, when persons have ate and drank well, they are too apt to do, and sometimes say things offensive to one or the other; it is good for a man to be upon his guard; see Ecclesiastes 5:2. Or restrain thine appetite; deny thyself of some things agreeable, that would lead thee to what might be hurtful, at least if indulged to excess: put as it were a knife unto thine appetite, and mortify it; which is the same as cutting off a right hand, or plucking out a right eye Matthew 5:29. Or while thou art at such a table, at such a sumptuous entertainment, consider thyself as in danger, as if thou hadst a knife at thy throat; and shouldest thou be too free with the food or liquor, it would be as it were cutting thine own throat;
if thou [be] a man given to appetite; there is then the more danger; and therefore such a person should be doubly on his guard, since he is in the way of temptation to that he is naturally inclined to. Or, "if thou art master of appetite" r: so the Targum,
"if thou art master of thy soul;''
if thou hast power over it, and the command of it, and canst restrain it with ease; to which agrees the Vulgate Latin version: but the former sense is more agreeable to the Hebrew idiom.
r בעל נפש "dominus animae", Vatablus, Mercerus, Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
i. e., “Restrain thy appetite, eat as if the knife were at thy throat.” Others render the words “thou wilt put a knife to thy throat” etc., i. e., “indulgence at such a time may endanger thy very life.”
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 23:2. Put a knife to thy throat — Repress thy appetite, and do not be incontinent of speech. Eat, drink, and converse, under a check.
