My appetite refuses to touch them; they are like food that is loathsome to me.
Proverbs 27:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The sated appetite spurns honey, but to a ravenous appetite even the bitter is sweet. Plus de versionsKing 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 appetite refuses to touch them; they are like food that is loathsome to me.
My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.
Well meant are the wounds a friend inflicts, but profuse are the kisses of an enemy.
The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food.”
“There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish. But what are they among so many people?”