Saying 7
Proverbs 23:3
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
- KJV
- Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.
- WEB
- Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
- ASV
- Be not desirous of his dainties; Seeing they are deceitful food.
- LSV
- Have no desire to his delicacies, seeing it [is] lying food.
- YLT
- Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it [is] lying food.
- DBY
- Be not desirous of his dainties; for they are deceitful food.
- DRC
- Be not desirous of his meats, in which is the bread of deceit.
- GNV
- Be not desirous of his deintie meates: for it is a deceiuable meate.
- JPS
- Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.
- LXXE
- desire not his provisions; for these belong to a false life.
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- Written (Ketiv): תְּתָאוּ (“you mark out”). Read aloud (Qere): תִּ֭תְאָיו (“you crave”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads תִּ֭תְאָו; read aloud (Qere) reads תִּ֭תְאָיו (“you crave”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- אַל־תִּ֭תְאָו לְמַטְעַמּוֹתָ֑יו וְ֝ה֗וּא לֶ֣חֶם כְּזָבִֽים׃Marks a place where we agree with BHQ against BHS in reading L.We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.
- LXX-Br
- μὴ ἐπιθύμει τῶν ἐδεσμάτων αὐτοῦ, ταῦτα γὰρ ἔχεται ζωῆς ψευδοῦς.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
AbstemiousnessDainties; Dainty (Meats)GuestTemperanceGluttonyFoodFaceDiet of the Jews, TheCitizensPrudence
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
- Luke 21:34But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
- Psalms 141:4Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
- Ephesians 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
- Daniel 1:8But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).