They swallow down riches and vomit them up again; God casts them out of their bellies.
Proverbs 23:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 You will vomit up the little you have eaten, and you will waste your pleasant words. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The morsel which you have eaten you will vomit up, and your complimentary words will be wasted. American Standard Version (1901) The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, And lose thy sweet words. Common English Bible You will eat scraps and vomit them out. You will waste your pleasant words. Catholic Public Domain Version The foods that you had eaten, you will vomit up. And you will lose the beauty in your words. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The meats which thou hadst eaten, thou shalt vomit up: and shalt loose thy beautiful words. |
They swallow down riches and vomit them up again; God casts them out of their bellies.
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, who will only despise the wisdom of your words.
If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest, having too much, you vomit it up.
For even your kinsfolk and your own family, even they have dealt treacherously with you; they are in full cry after you; do not believe them, though they speak friendly words to you.