Verse List for PROV 23:1

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B I ◄ ↨ Prov 23:1 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) When you sit down to eat with a political leader, ⇔ pay attention to what’s in front of you,

OET-LV if/because you _will _sit _down to_eat with a _ruler carefully _(consider) you _will _consider DOM that_which is_before _of_you.

ULT When you sit to eat, with a ruler, ⇔ consider carefully what, is before your face,

UST When you sit down to eat a meal with someone who rules over others, ⇔  pay attention to the food that is in front of you.

BSB & MSB When you sit down to dine with a ruler, ⇔  consider carefully what is set before you,[fn]

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB When you sit to eat with a ruler, ⇔  consider diligently what is before you;

NET When you sit down to eat with a ruler, ⇔ consider carefully what is before you,

LSV When you sit to eat with a ruler,
Diligently consider that which [is] before you,

FBV When you sit down for a meal with a ruler, look carefully at what is placed before you,

T4T When you sit down to eat a meal with a ◄government official/king►, ⇔  think carefully about what (OR, who) is in front of you.

LEB • When you sit to eat with a ruler,
• you shall surely observe what is before you,

BBE When you take your seat at the feast with a ruler, give thought with care to what is before you;

Moff When you are sitting at a ruler’s table ⇔  be careful how you eat;

JPS When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well him that is before thee;

ASV When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, ⇔ Consider diligently him that is before thee;

DRA When thou shalt sit to eat with a prince, consider diligently what is set before thy face.

YLT When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, Thou considerest diligently that which [is] before thee,

Drby When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider well who is before thee;

RV When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently him that is before thee;
(When thou/you sittest/sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently him that is before thee/you;)

SLT If thou shalt sit to eat with a ruler, understanding, thou shalt understand what is before thee.

Wbstr When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

KJB-1769 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:
(When thou/you sittest/sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee/you:)

KJB-1611 ¶ When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps When thou sittest to eate with a noble man, consider diligently what is set before thee.
(When thou/you sittest/sit to eat with a noble man, consider diligently what is set before thee/you.)

Gnva When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee,
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation))

Cvdl When thou syttest at the table to eate wt a lorde, ordre thy self manerly wt ye thinges
(When thou/you sittest/sit at the table to eat with a lord, order thy/your self mannerly with ye/you_all things)

Wycl Whanne thou sittist, to ete with the prince, perseyue thou diligentli what thingis ben set bifore thi face,
(When thou/you sittest/sit, to eat with the prince, perceive thou/you diligently what things been set before thy/your face,)

Luth Wenn du sitzest und issest mit einem Herrn, so merke, wen du vor dir hast,
(When you(sg) sit and eat with on Lord, so notice/note(v), who you(sg) before/in_front_of you/to_you(sg) have,)

ClVg [Quando sederis ut comedas cum principe, diligenter attende quæ apposita sunt ante faciem tuam.[fn]
([When sederis as eat when/with principe, carefully pay_attention which apposita are before face your(sg).)

UHB כִּֽי־תֵ֭שֵׁב לִ⁠לְח֣וֹם אֶת־מוֹשֵׁ֑ל בִּ֥ין תָּ֝בִ֗ין אֶת־אֲשֶׁ֥ר לְ⁠פָנֶֽי⁠ךָ׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐὰν καθίσῃς δειπνεῖν ἐπὶ τραπέζης δυνάστου, νοητῶς νόει τὰ παρατιθέμενά σοι.

BrTr If thou sit to sup at the table of a prince, consider attentively the things set before thee: