King James Version

Proverbs 23:2

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

וְשַׂמְתָּ֣vesamtaand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…שַׂכִּ֣יןsakinknifeשַׂכִּיןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “knife”, the ordinary formH7915a knife (as pointed or edged)knife.בְּלֹעֶ֑ךָbeloekhain throatלֹעַpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in throat”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3930the gulletthroat.אִםimoh thatאִםconjunction — “oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…בַּ֖עַלbaalhusbandבַּעַלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “husband”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1167a master; hence, a husband, or (figuratively) owner (often used with another noun in modifications of this latter sense)[phrase] archer, [phrase] babbler, [phrase] bird, captain, chief man, [phrase] confederate, [phrase] have to do, [phrase] dreamer, those to whom it is due, [phrase] furious, those that are given to it, great, [phrase] hairy, he that hath i…נֶ֣פֶשׁnefeshcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “creature”, the ordinary formH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…אָֽתָּהatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.

Young’s Literal Translation

And thou hast put a knife to thy throat, If thou [art] a man of appetite.

World English Bible

put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to appetite.

Darby Translation

and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

Douay-Rheims

And put a knife to thy throat, if it be so that thou have thy soul in thy own power.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and apply thine hand, knowing that it behoves thee to prepare such meats : but if thou art very insatiable,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπίβαλλε τὴν χεῖρά σου, εἰδὼς ὅτι τοιαῦτά σε δεῖ παρασκευάσαι· εἰ δὲ ἀπληστότερος εἶ,

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Analytics Cookies