Proverbs 27:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised A person who is full tramples on a honeycomb, but to a hungry person, any bitter thing is sweet. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your palate;
The wounds of a friend are trustworthy, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.
Anyone wandering from his home is like a bird wandering from its nest.
The people spoke against God and Moses: ‘Why have you led us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread or water, and we detest this wretched food! ’
‘There’s a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish #– #but what are they for so many? ’