Verse List for PROV 23:7

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OET (OET-RV) because they’re always calculating internally— ⇔ telling you to eat and drink but it’s not really genuine.

OET-LV If/because as he _calculates in_self _of_his is_so he eat and_drink he _says to/for_you(fs) and_heart _of_his not is_with_you.

ULT For like one who calculates in his soul, so he, is. ⇔ “Eat and drink!” he will say to you, ⇔ but his heart, is not with you.

UST because stingy people are always thinking about how much the food costs them. ⇔  They will tell you to eat and drink, ⇔  but they do not mean what they say.

BSB & MSB for he is keeping track, ⇔  inwardly [counting the cost].[fn] ⇔ “Eat and drink,” he says to you, ⇔  but his heart is not with you.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB for as he thinks about the cost, so he is. ⇔  “Eat and drink!” he says to you, ⇔  but his heart is not with you.

NET for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. ⇔ “Eat and drink,” he says to you, ⇔ but his heart is not with you;

LSV For as he has thought in his soul, so he [is]. “Eat and drink,” he says to you,
And his heart [is] not with you.

FBV for what they're thinking inside is what they really are. They say, “Come on, eat and drink!”—but in their minds they don't really care about you.[fn]

T4T because he will be thinking about how much the food cost that you are eating. ⇔ He will say to you, “Eat and drink all that you want!”, but that is not what he will really be thinking.

LEB • For, like hair in his throat ,[fn] so it is.[fn]
• “Eat and drink!” he will say to you,
• but his heart will not be with you.

BBE 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.

Moff he counts his dishes, ⇔  even as he bids you “Eat and drink”-- ⇔  he has no mind to you;

JPS For as one that hath reckoned within himself, so is he: 'Eat and drink', saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

ASV For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: ⇔ Eat and drink, saith he to thee; ⇔ But his heart is not with thee.

DRA Because like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.

YLT For as he hath thought in his soul, so [is] he, 'Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart [is] not with thee.

Drby For as he thinketh in his soul, so is he. Eat and drink! will he say unto thee; but his heart is not with thee.

RV For as he reckoneth within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
(For as he reckon/counteth within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith/says he to thee/you; but his heart is not with thee/you.)

SLT Like him estimating evil in his soul, so is he: Eat and drink, he will say to thee; and his heart not with thee.

Wbstr For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

KJB-1769 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
(For as he thinketh/thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith/says he to thee/you; but his heart is not with thee/you.)

KJB-1611 For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eate, and drinke, sayth he to thee, but his heart is not with thee.
(For as he thinketh/thinks in his heart, so is he: Eate, and drink, saith/says he to thee/you, but his heart is not with thee/you.)

Bshps For as though he thought it in his heart, he saith, eate and drinke: where as his heart is not with thee.
(For as though he thought it in his heart, he saith/says, eat and drink: where as his heart is not with thee/you.)

Gnva For as though he thought it in his heart, so will hee say vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his heart is not with thee.
(For as though he thought it in his heart, so will he say unto thee/you, Eat and drink: but his heart is not with thee/you.)

Cvdl for he hath a maruelous herte. He sayeth vnto ye: eate and drynke, where as his herte is not wt ye.
(for he hath/has a marvellous heart. He saith/says unto ye/you_all: eat and drink, where as his heart is not with ye/you_all.)

Wycl for at the licnesse of a fals dyuynour and of a coniectere, he gessith that, that he knowith not. He schal seie to thee, Ete thou and drinke; and his soule is not with thee.
(for at the likeness of a false diviner and of a coniectere, he gessith that, that he knoweth/knows not. He shall say to thee/you, Eat thou/you and drink; and his soul is not with thee/you.)

Luth Denn wie ein Gespenst ist er inwendig. Er spricht: Iß und trink! und sein Herz ist doch nicht an dir.
(Because as/like a spook/ghost is he inside. He speaks/says: Iß and trink! and be heart is though/but not at/to you/to_you(sg).)

ClVg quoniam in similitudinem arioli et conjectoris æstimat quod ignorat. Comede et bibe, dicet tibi; et mens ejus non est tecum.
(since/because in/into/on similarity arioli and conyectoris estimates that he/she_doesn’t_know. Comede and drink, he_will_say to_you; and mind his/her not/no it_is with_you.)

UHB כִּ֤י ׀ כְּמוֹ־שָׁעַ֥ר בְּ⁠נַפְשׁ֗⁠וֹ כֶּ֫ן־ה֥וּא אֱכֹ֣ל וּ֭⁠שְׁתֵה יֹ֣אמַר לָ֑⁠ךְ וְ֝⁠לִבּ֗⁠וֹ בַּל־עִמָּֽ⁠ךְ׃ ‡

BrLXX ὃν τρόπον γὰρ εἴ τις καταπίοι τρίχα, οὕτως ἐσθίει καὶ πίνει· μηδὲ πρὸς σὲ εἰσαγάγῃς αὐτὸν, καὶ φάγῃς τὸν ψωμόν σου μετʼ αὐτοῦ,

BrTr so he eats and drinks as if any one should swallow a hair, and do not bring him in to thyself, nor eat thy morsel with him: