Proverbs 25:16 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

When you find honey, eat only as much as you need. Otherwise, you will have too much and vomit.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

ASV:

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, Lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

Hast thou found honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be surfeited therewith, and vomit it.

ERV:

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee; lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

JPS:

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

WBS:

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.

WEB:

Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, lest you eat too much, and vomit it.

YLT:

Honey thou hast found -- eat thy sufficiency, Lest thou be satiated with it, and hast vomited it.

Proverbs 25:16 Cross References

XREF:

Judges 14:8 When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion.

1 Samuel 14:25 All the people of the land entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is {n} sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.
(n) Use moderately the pleasures of this world.

WES:

25:16 Honey - By honey he understands, not only all delicious meats, but all worldly delights, which we are here taught to use with moderation.

MHC:

25:1-3 God needs not search into any thing; nothing can be hid from him. But it is the honour of rulers to search out matters, to bring to light hidden works of darkness. 4,5. For a prince to suppress vice, and reform his people, is the best way to support his government. 6,7. Religion teaches us humility and self-denial. He who has seen the glory of the Lord in Christ Jesus, will feel his own unworthiness. 8-10. To be hasty in beginning strife, will bring into difficulties. War must at length end, and might better be prevented. It is so in private quarrels; do all thou canst to settle the matter. 11,12. A word of counsel, or reproof, rightly spoken, is especially beautiful, as fine fruit becomes still more beautiful in silver baskets. 13. See what ought to be the aim of him that is trusted with any business; to be faithful. A faithful minister, Christ's messenger, should be thus acceptable to us. 14. He who pretends to have received or given that which he never had, is like the morning cloud, that disappoints those who look for rain. 15. Be patient to bear a present hurt. Be mild to speak without passion; for persuasive language is the most effectual to prevail over the hardened mind. 16. God has given us leave to use grateful things, but we are cautioned against excess.

CONC:

Able Eat Excess Fear Filled Full Hast Honey Lest Sated Satiated Sufficiency Sufficient Surfeited Therewith Vomit Vomited

Able Eat Enough Excess Fear Filled Find Found Full Honey Need Sated Satiated Sufficiency Sufficient Therewith Vomit Vomited

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