Proverbs 27:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb: But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition He who is satiated [with sensual pleasures] loathes and treads underfoot a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. American Standard Version (1901) The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; But to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. Common English Bible Someone who is full refuses honey, but anything bitter tastes sweet to a hungry person. Catholic Public Domain Version A sated soul will trample the honeycomb. And a hungry soul will accept even bitter in place of sweet. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A soul that is full shall tread upon the honeycomb: and a soul that is hungry shall take even bitter for sweet. |
My son, eat thou honey, for it is good; And the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
Faithful are the wounds of a friend: But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, So is a man that wandereth from his place.
And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what are these among so many?