Verse List for PROV 23:6

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OET (OET-RV) Don’t eat the food of a stingy person, ⇔ and don’t crave for their delicacies,

OET-LV do _not eat DOM the_food _of a_person_evil _of eye and_do _not crave[fn] for_his _delicious _of_food(s).

ULT Do not eat the bread of, one evil of eye, ⇔ and do not desire his delicious morsels.

UST Do not eat food that stingy people give you. ⇔  Do not crave the expensive food that they have,

BSB & MSB Do not eat the bread of a stingy man,[fn] ⇔  and do not crave his delicacies;

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, ⇔  and don’t crave his delicacies,

NET Do not eat the food of a stingy person, ⇔ do not crave his delicacies;

LSV Do not eat the bread of an evil eye,
And have no desire to his delicacies,

FBV Don't accept meal invitations from miserly people; don't be greedy for their fancy food,

T4T If someone who is stingy invites you to a meal, ⇔ do not eat a lot of his fine food,

LEB • Do not eat the bread of the stingy ,[fn]
• and do not desire his delicacies.

BBE Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat:

Moff Never dine with a niggardly man, ⇔  never fancy his dainties;

JPS Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties;

ASV Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, ⇔ Neither desire thou his dainties:

DRA Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats:

YLT Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

Drby Eat thou not the food of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties.

RV Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:
(Eat thou/you not the bread of him that hath/has an evil eye, neither desire thou/you his dainties:)

SLT Thou shalt not eat the bread of an evil eye, and ye shall not long for its dainties:

Wbstr Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties:

KJB-1769 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:
(Eat thou/you not the bread of him that hath/has an evil eye, neither desire thou/you his dainty meats:)

KJB-1611 Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euill eye, neither desire thou his dainty meates.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Eate thou not the bread of hym that hath an euyll eye: neither desire thou his daintie meate.
(Eat thou/you not the bread of him that hath/has an evil eye: neither desire thou/you his daintie meat.)

Gnva Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.
(Eat thou/you not the bread of him that hath/has an evil eye, neither desire his deintie meats.)

Cvdl Eate not thou wt ye envyous, and desyre no his meate,
(Eat not thou/you with ye/you_all envyous, and desire no his meat,)

Wycl Ete thou not with an enuyouse man, and desire thou not hise metis;
(Eat thou/you not with an enuyouse man, and desire thou/you not his meats;)

Luth Iß nicht Brot bei einem Neidischen und wünsche dir seiner Speise nicht.
(Iß not bread at/in on envy/jealousyischen and wishes(v) you/to_you(sg) his food not.)

ClVg Ne comedas cum homine invido, et ne desideres cibos ejus:[fn]
(Don’t eat when/with man invido, and not you_want food his/her:)

UHB אַל־תִּלְחַ֗ם אֶת־לֶ֭חֶם רַ֣ע עָ֑יִן וְ⁠אַל־תתאו [fn] לְ⁠מַטְעַמֹּתָֽי⁠ו׃ ‡

BrLXX Μὴ συνδείπνει ἀνδρὶ βασκάνῳ, μηδὲ ἐπιθύμει τῶν βρωμάτων αὐτοῦ,

BrTr Sup not with an envious man, neither desire thou his meats: