How sweet to my taste has Your word been, More than honey to my mouth!
Proverbs 24:13 - The Scriptures 2009 My son, eat honey, for it is good, And the honeycomb, sweet to your taste; Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; And the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition My son, eat honey, because it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste. American Standard Version (1901) My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to thy taste: Common English Bible My child, eat honey, for it is good. The honeycomb is sweet in your mouth. Catholic Public Domain Version My son, eat honey, because it is good, and the honeycomb, because it is so sweet to your throat. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Fat honey, my son, because it is good, and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat: |
How sweet to my taste has Your word been, More than honey to my mouth!
More desirable than gold, Than much fine gold; And sweeter than honey and the honeycomb.
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, Sweet to the being, and healing to the bones.
Have you found honey? Eat only as much as you need, Lest you be satisfied with it and vomit.
It is not good to eat much honey. Is it esteem to seek one’s own esteem?
One satisfied loathes the honeycomb, But to a hungry one any bitter food is sweet.
Your lips, O my bride, drip as the honeycomb; Honey and milk are under your tongue. And the fragrance of your garments Is like the fragrance of Leḇanon.
I have come to my garden, My sister, my bride; I have plucked my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends! Drink, and drink deeply, O beloved ones!
“He eats curds and honey when He knows to refuse evil and choose the good.
And Yoḥanan had a garment of camel’s hair, and a leather girdle around his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey.
And he took some of it in his hands and went along, eating. And he came to his father and mother, and gave them, and they ate. But he did not make known to them that he took the honey out of the carcass of the lion.
But Yonathan had not heard that his father had taken an oath of the people, and he stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth. And his eyes lit up.